Peace by Piece-Rucas

Peace by Hope.

Picture of Emily is above! #adorable

Chapter 2

Riley slid on her gladiator sandals and adjusted her belt that held up her denim shorts. After inhaling deeply, wondering why she was even going on this date she began to touch up her curled hair. Her phone started to ring and she welcomed the distraction.

Hey beautiful girl.

Hi mommy.

Oh my goodness I miss you.

I went to the zoo today.
The doorbell rang and with reluctance, since she was on the phone with her daughter, moved to answer it.

You did? What all did you do at the zoo?

Lions, and elephants. Mommy I rode a horse.
The brunette gestured for him to come inside. Lucas' smile brightened when he realized who she was talking to.

You rode a horse? No way! What color was it?

Brown.

What else did you see? What was your favorite?

The pamingo's! Mommy I had cotton candy.

Flamingo's baby.
She giggled lightly.
Can you put Grandma on the phone please?
Riley turned towards her date and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry'.

Hi pumpkin.

Mom no more sugar, that child has more energy than she knows what to do with already.

Oh nonsense. I have a right to spoil my granddaughter and you can't take that away from me.

You know what, feed her whatever you want. She's yours tonight. I'll pick her up at noon tomorrow. Love you bye!

Riley hung up the phone, "I'm so sor-"The flower in her face and the small smile on her lips cut her off.

"Don't apologize. You look beautiful." The green eyed man leaned in and kissed her rosy cheek, "you ready?"

This date was already off to a better start than her previous ones, mostly because he showed up. "Yes sir." Within minutes they were driving on the highway.

"So how is she?" The brunette cocked her head to the side, "Emily. Your daughter."

The mother laughed, "No I know who you were talking about. I just wasn't really expecting that question." Maybe Maya was right, maybe he was different, "she's wonderful. She went to the zoo today and rode horses, her new favorite thing."

He chuckled, "she'd love my ranch. I have 5." This was her favorite subject, her daughter.

"Yeah, she wants to ride horses for a living." Her fingers tousled her hair.

He cleared his throat, "you know she is more than welcome to come to the ranch and start learning now."

Riley's brown eyes narrowed, "If things continue between us then you won't meet her till later."

"When things continue between us, I'll be more than happy to meet her." She couldn't contain her laughter, "what? I wasn't kidding."

"I'm sorry it's just, you know what I'm just going to throw it out there. Obviously I'm not just dating for a husband, I'm dating so I can find a great father figure for her. Are you sure that you can handle that?" His lips separated like he was about to speak when he got cut off, "I don't mean to freak you out but I'd rather end this sooner than later."

"Wow!" His emerald eyes smiled, "you are incredibly pessimistic."

"Is that supposed to be an insult?"