Part 49

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It was time for Taylor and Ellie to leave. They had to get out of the apartment by 5 am so Taylor already knew that saying bye to Harper would be quite a disaster. She didn't think it would be as bad as it was though.

She crept into Harper's room and gently rubbed her back trying to wake her as nicely as possible. "Harper. Harps, mommy has to go." She whispered. Harper rolled over and stretched her arms out, opening her eyes to see Taylor with her jacket and shoes on all ready to go. She frowned and began to shake her head.

"No! No no no no! Mommy don't go! No! Don't leave me!" She yelled as she jumped up and clung to Taylor. Taylor hugged the small girl and closed her eyes, she felt awful leaving her behind after what she has been through.

Taylor tried to say goodbye many times but Harper just wasn't having it. She continued to scream and refused to let go of Taylor. Both Ellie and Travis glanced at the time, 5:05. They were already running late and Harper still wouldn't let go. Once Taylor managed to hand the small girl over to Travis she quickly kissed her cheek and walked to the door. Travis followed them outside to wave them off.

"Bye bye baby girl, I'll be home before you know it I promise. It will go very fast with daddy." Taylor told her and Harper reached over for another hug. Taylor shook her head, knowing she needed to leave and quickly gave Travis a last kiss and also quickly kissed Harper's forehead.

"I love you both, I'll be home soon." She told them, walking away and getting into the car. Harper started sobbing and hugged Travis tightly. He had no idea how to calm her because part of him didn't want Taylor to leave either. They stood outside waving goodbye to Taylor before heading inside.

Harper spent the full day crying and Travis was starting to get stressed. He waited the whole day for a message from Taylor saying she landed. Thankfully he got one by 4:30pm.

Tay 🩷
Hey, we just landed. Hope all is going great back at home. I want lots of updates and lots of pictures. Missing you both already. 🥰😘

Travis pov

I smiled a little and picked a crying harper up off the sofa. Seeing that Taylor had arrived safely made my day. I couldn't wait to finally FaceTime her and hopefully calm Harper down in the process. I quickly replied to Taylor then headed into the kitchen where I put some chicken nuggets in the air fryer. Harper put her head down on my shoulder but continued to cry.

"It's okay Tiny, we will be okay then mommy and Ellie will be back so so soon and you can have lots of cuddles with them both." I told her as I walked upstairs to my room. I placed Harper down on our bed and looked in Taylor's side of the closet. I remembered how much Taylor's hoodie had calmed her down before so I grabbed one and passed it to the toddler.

She nuzzled her little face into it and smiled a little, small tears still falling down her cheek and onto the soft fabric. "Does it smell like mommy?" I asked her and she nodded a little. I smiled and picked her back up and took her downstairs again, finding a show and putting it on for her.

When I put her down she tried to put up a fight but I reminded her that I wasn't leaving and I was just making dinner, causing her to calm down and turn to the tv. I smiled and headed to the kitchen, checking in the chicken nuggets and trying to figure out what to make for myself. I put Harper's chicken nuggets in a plastic bowl and got her a cup of milk too.

Once I gave them to her, allowing her to eat on the sofa with a bunch of blankets I grabbed my phone. "Smile for a picture for mommy." I told her and she gave me a sad smile. She had tear stains on her chests and teary eyes at the mention of Taylor which broke my heart. She must feel so abandoned after everything her parents put her through.

I sent the picture to Taylor immediately.

Me:
*image*
Chicken nuggets on the couch for Miss Harper.

Tay 🩷:
Aww my baby. I will call you in an hour.

I put my phone in my pocket and spent some time with harper. I chose not to tell her so that she could be surprised when I asked her to answer my phone. Finally Taylor called and I handed the phone to Harper. Her face lit up when Taylor showed up on the screen.

I let Taylor entertain Harper for a while. I cooked my own dinner and by the time I finished it was ready to get her to bed. They both said goodnight to each other and I told Taylor that I would speak to her when she was asleep. I didn't get much chance to get a word in while she spoke to harper. I don't think Harper said much; she just looked at Taylor and nodded every now and then cracking a small smile too. I'm pretty sure Taylor was trying to explain that it's okay for her to be upset and that she wasn't leaving forever.

I just had to deal with bedtime now.

A/N

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