Page 19 of Daddy’s Little Duckling (Ivory Mountain Daddies #1)
CHAPTER NINETEEN
EMMETT
E mmett loved seeing Rae slip into Littlespace. It came to her so naturally and he was thrilled that she trusted him enough to let her out.
They had been playing in the nursery for several hours now. From playing with the building blocks to coloring in her coloring books, Rae had bounced around from activity to activity.
They were currently playing tea party with her stuffies, she had finally introduced him to her well loved stuffed duck named Bruce. Rae had found the princess crowns and wands and Emmett was currently rocking a sparkly green crown and was sipping imaginary tea.
Rae instructed him that he even had to have his pinky raised like a refined gentleman or he wouldn’t be allowed to participate any longer.
Engrossed in playing with his Little girl, Emmett never heard his front door open and the footsteps come down the hallway until it was too late.
“Emmett! Where you at man? ”
Recognizing the voice of his best friend Miles, Emmett immediately knew that this wasn’t going to end well. Miles knew he was a Daddy, he himself was one too.
That was actually how the two of them bonded during college. Neither of them could hide their Daddy tendencies and instead of just tiptoeing around it all, they talked it out and realized they were more alike than they originally thought.
From there on their friendship was great and once they graduated, Miles was there every step of the way while Emmett worked to get Tech Port off the ground. Now he acts as his CFO and right hand man.
Before he could stop Miles from entering, he heard the gasp of his Little girl and before he knew she had run and hid in the closet, escaping from the intrusion of his best friend.
“Oh crap, I am so sorry. I didn’t know that you had someone here.”
“It’s okay man, just please can you go into the living room and wait for us. I need to calm my Little girl.”
“Little girl?”
“Yeah Miles, I found the Little I have been looking for. Unfortunately, she is now hiding scared. I would love for you to meet, but she comes first and right now I need to get to her.”
Emmett watched as Miles nodded and backed out of the room closing the door behind him. Turning towards the closet, Emmett slowly approached the door as if he would approach a frightened and hurt animal.
“Little Duckling? It’s Daddy. I need you to come out, my girl. You’re safe here I promise. Daddy would never let anything harm you.”
Emmett waited a breath for any signs of a response. Hearing none, he settled on the ground beside the open door and just waited. He knew that she was frightened.
Someone she didn’t know just walked in on her in one of her most vulnerable states. Emmett didn’t know how long they sat there in silence just waiting.
He refused to rush her, he knew that he would do more harm than good by forcing her to come out of the hiding space that she was in. Until she felt safe enough to come to him, Emmett would continue to wait.
He knew Miles wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon. Especially knowing that he upset a Little girl and not just any Little girl, but the one of his best friend.
Knowing Miles he was beating himself up over the whole situation, though it wasn’t anyone's fault.
Finally, Emmett started hearing movement in the closet before he watched his sweet girl crawl out and into his lap. She was still shaking, but they were making progress towards fixing this whole situation.
Emmett wrapped his arms around her and just rocked them back and forth while humming lullabies.
“Daddy?”
Emmett’s heart soared at the sound of that name falling from her lips.
“Yes, Little Duckling, it’s Daddy. I’m right here.”
More time passed while he waited for Rae to continue to come back down to earth. He felt her take a deep breath finally relaxing into him.
He waited another few minutes before he finally spoke up and broached the topic that he knew was racing in her mind.
“Sweetheart, can you tell me what’s going on in your head right now? Talk to Daddy, so I can know what is going on and how I can help you.”
“Who was that man, Daddy?”
“That man is my best friend and right hand man, Miles. He is no one you need to be afraid of, babygirl. You can be your authentic self around him. Miles is a Daddy, too, and so he wouldn’t ever judge you.”
Emmett waited for his words to sink it before continuing on.
“I would love for you to meet him, darling, but only if you are okay to do that right now. If you don’t feel comfortable, I will ask him to leave and we can set up a date later for you two to meet.
“That’s okay Daddy. I can meet him, but only if you promise to stay by my side the entire time.”
“There is no other place I would rather be. Now, how about you head into the bedroom and change into something you are more comfortable in and then you can meet us in the living room.”
Rae nodded her head and got up to do as he said. Before Emmett let her slip away, he pressed a kiss upon her forehead and let her go.
Taking a deep breath he turned towards the living room to go and face the man he called his best friend. Emmett knew he had a lot of explaining to do.