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“I’ll stay with you this time too,” Grady told her.
“You will?”
“Yep. You say your safeword, I’ll get you out immediately.”
“Okay then, Daddy G. Do your worstest.”
* * *
Effie was in shock.
She wasn’t sure she’d like being swaddled, but as Grady wrapped her up, she felt this sense of calm come over her.
“All right, baby girl?” Steele asked as Grady lifted her into his lap on the rocking chair.
She nodded.
“Our precious girl.” Steele ran his fingers through her hair. “Look at our baby. So brave.”
“Such a good girl for her Daddies,” Grady added as Steele handed him the bottle. “Open up for Daddy G.”
She parted her lips and he pushed the nipple into her mouth. And even though she wanted to stay awake and watch them both, be with them, her eyes drifted shut.
It didn’t matter that things weren’t perfect because the two of them were perfect for her.
In every way.
51
“Effie, we need to have a talk.” Grady walked over to where she was sitting on the sectional. Steele was behind him.
She had her laptop with her, trying to get some work done. She hadn’t gone back to Pinkies since the accident a week ago.
But things were going better. She was doing better.
She had an appointment with a therapist at the start of next week.
And she’d managed to move her legs a few times, she’d always felt pins and needles. For some reason, her brain wasn’t ready to let go completely, but she was no longer terrified of staying like this.
“I didn’t eat all the magic beans! Someone else must have snuck in and stolen them! I swear!”
Grady paused and looked down at her. Then he glanced over at Steele, who staring at her sternly.
“No sugar for the rest of the week,” Steele told her. He lifted the laptop away.
She pouted. “That’s so mean!” Although all the jelly beans that Millie had given her were gone now anyway.
“I can add another week to the sugar ban,” Steele threatened as he lifted her, then sat with her on his lap.
She’d noticed he liked to have her close, within touching distance.
“Rats,” she muttered.
“That’s what I thought.”
Grady sat facing her. “I’m sorry, Little one, but I need you to be my Big girl for a while.”
Since that day when she’d fallen over after trying to walk, she’d spent a lot of time in Little headspace. Maybe it was a form of hiding, but she’d needed it. She went back to Big when Brooks was home, of course. Although Brooks wasn’t an idiot. She was pretty sure he knew what was going on.
