Summer Love

Chapter 7

"Poor thing, she's so embarrassed." He commented and Miranda tensed up next to him, getting Blake's attention.

"What's wrong?" He asked quickly and Miranda didn't look at him, letting him know that there was something she wasn't telling him.

"Nothing." She said a little too quickly and Blake turned a little and removed his arm from her shoulders.

"Tell me." He insisted and Miranda tried to work out how to change the topic, but she knew that this would quickly turn in to an argument and he would get it out of her eventually anyway.

"It's just, I don't want to make you feel bad." She tried to explain and Blake raised his eyebrows in confusion, keeping quiet so she could continue. "Sadie has been having lots of accidents lately."

Blake looked confused but tried to work out what she was insinuating. He didn't know Sadie had been having the accidents, but he was surprised Miranda hadn't told him. Miranda looked at him to try and encourage him to think about what she was saying. She didn't want to say it out loud and upset him. Blake thought through what she had said but the look on his face was letting her know that he didn't understand.

"But why would she be so upset if it's been happening a lot?" He eventually asked, his face perplexed and Miranda sighed. He would be hurt, but he needed to hear it.

"She's upset because you haven't seen any of the accidents. Until today."

Blake turned away from her immediately and let those words sink in. It wasn't the fact that his daughter was wetting herself that upset him, it was the fact that he had spent so little time with his family that he didn't even know it was happening. But more than that, it was the fact that his little girl was so embarrassed that he had seen it. Miranda reached out and put her hand on his back, but Blake didn't turn around.

"Hey, it's okay." She reassured gently and Blake finally turned back to face her, he was clearly hurt by the situation.

"It's not okay." He argued and Miranda scooted over and put her hands on his thighs and rubbed a little.

"Yes it is. You're here now and that's all she cares about." Miranda tried to assure him and Blake sighed and rubbed his hands over his face.

"I'm sorry." He said after a few seconds and Miranda nodded.

"I know, but it's not me that you need to apologise to." She said quietly and Blake sighed. He didn't know how to approach this topic with Sadie, but he knew he needed to do it.

Blake reached over and gave her a quick kiss on her shoulder, before Miranda squeezed his thigh and Blake stood up, heading over to the jungle gym.

"Sadie." Blake called and Sadie looked up from the drawbridge and frowned, she didn't want to stop playing. "Come here please Honey."

Sadie sighed and ran over to the edge, so that Blake could lift her up and plant her on his hip. He carried her over to the swing and sat on the spare one, letting Sadie adjust herself so that she was straddling him and facing his chest. Sadie looked up at him confused and Blake took a deep breath and looked down in to her big blue eyes.

"Do you want to talk about your accident?" Blake asked gently and Sadie immediately looked down and started to play with her hands.

"I'm not angry baby, I just want to know why you got so sad." He said as calmly as he could, reaching his hands around so they could pat her little butt rhythmically. Sadie pouted out her bottom lip and looked up reluctantly, her eyes watery.

"I didn't want you to see." She whispered and Blake kissed her forehead to stop her from letting her tears fall.

"Momma said you have been having a few accidents lately." Blake pressed on gently and Sadie looked down guiltily again and nodded her head. "Did you get embarrassed because I haven't seen you have an accident?"

Sadie kept her head down, a little embarrassed and eventually nodded.

"When I have an accident, Momma helps me clean it up because you're not at home."

Blake's heart dropped when Sadie started playing with her hands and he had to take a deep breath to try and keep himself together. Blake lifted her chin up with his index finger and Sadie looked up at his with a sad little face, melting Blake's heart.

"Sweetie, I'm sorry I haven't been home very much." He started softly and Sadie listened intently "But I promise I am going to change that. I hate being away from my girls."

Sadie gave him a little smile and surprised Blake when she scooted forward and leaned her face against his warm chest.

"I love you Baby." He whispered as he rubbed her back and swung gently and Sadie smiled in to him.

"I love you too Daddy."

Blake swung the swing with his daughter cuddled in to him for a few minutes until he saw Miranda stand up and head back towards the car. Blake suspected that Sadie was a still a little hurt, but he didn't want to push her, so he lightly brushed her hair from her face and looked down at her.

"Let's go Sweetie." He said gently and Sadie clung to him and groaned, not wanting to get back in the car any more. "I know you're sick of driving, but next time we stop, we will be at the beach!"

Blake suddenly had her attention and Blake chuckled at her enthusiasm. He stood up and shifted so that he had his forearm under Sadie's booty and she was leaning in to him, not ready to finish the cuddling.

When Blake buckled Sadie back in to her car seat, he looked at how sad she was to be strapped in again, so he gave her a little bag of pretzels and lifted her doll up so she could play with her. When they had shared a sweet little kiss to the lips, Blake patted her thigh and jumped in to the front seat.

"We all ready to go to the beach?" Blake asked with as much enthusiasm as he could muster and Miranda laughed when Sadie cheered and threw her spare arm in the air. Clearly whatever her Husband had said to their daughter had cheered her up.

Blake peeked in the rear view mirror once he was back on the highway and grinned when he saw Sadie with a pretzel in one hand and her doll in the other, fascinated by the new scenery out the window. Miranda's hand reached over and rested on his thigh and Blake smile grew bigger.

He was beyond ready to get to that beach and spend a whole week alone with his favourite girls.