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EPILOGUE

“I’m so excited to be back here!” Phoebe cried, clapping her hands. She was sitting in a proper car seat for adult Littles. It had straps that secured her in so she wasn’t really able to do a happy dance.

Daddy was a bit overprotective when it came to her safety, but she wasn’t complaining. He always took such good care of her.

“I’m sorry it’s taken us so long to get back to Rawhide Ranch,” he told her.

“Don’t be sorry, Daddy! We’re here now and for a whole two weeks. I’m going to see all my friends and I can play on the playground. And do some crafting. Snickerdoodle is really happy to be back too.” She held her horse close. “Do you think everyone will remember me?”

She grabbed her necklace, pulling the chewable part into her mouth. It had had to be replaced fairly regularly when she’d first moved in with Barren. But she didn’t need to use it as much anymore.

“Of course they will, little girl. Who could forget you?”

They pulled up in front of the front steps and a feeling of rightness, of peace, filled her.

The last few months had been busy for them both. Things were mending between her and her brothers, although she still held quite a bit of hurt. She’d started to talk to a therapist about everything and that was really helping.

She’d agreed to selling her Dad’s business and Barren had managed to find a buyer. Once that was all settled, Barren had decided he wanted to retire early, so he’d been working toward managing that. It had taken a while for him to fully retire, but now that he had, they had much more time to spend together.

Which was rather unfortunate for her bottom, since the more he focused on her, the more punishments she seemed to earn.

“You’re happy to be back then?” he asked her. “No regrets in choosing this spot to honeymoon?”

She glanced down at the large diamond on her finger, around at Rawhide Ranch, then over to her Daddy.

“No, Daddy. No regrets whatsoever.”