Chapter 2 –
As Christian and I were walking into the house we heard Rose and Adrian whispering about something. As soon as I said hello Adrian stuffed something under his shirt and ran out the door. I tried to grab him to see what he was hiding, but he was too fast.
"What was Adrian in such a hurry for," I asked Rose, "what did he have under his shirt?"
"Oh he was just in a hurry to get back home and shower, he got a little sweaty," Rose replied, "I'm not sure what was under his shirt." She giggled evilly.
"He got sweaty? It is sixty five degrees in here. What were you two up to?"
She gave a sheepish grin, "Nothing you wouldn't do. I'll see you later, I have to go."
After Rose walked out the front door I looked at Christian who was giving me a smirk and just laughed. Did they really think we were that stupid? I heard Karleigh in the bedroom giggling and went in to see what she was so happy about.
"Hey baby, what is so funny?" I asked.
"Nothing mommy, I just thought of something funny." She said.
I began tickling her all over. She giggled and squirmed. After about a minute I quit and asked her again. She still wouldn't tell me, so I gave up and figured it probably wasn't important. We walked into the living room where Christian was playing Guitar Hero. He loved that game, so did Karleigh. Of course she is too small to play but she dances around while her daddy plays.
"So, little one, what do you want to have for dinner? We can make it together." I asked Karleigh while she was head banging to Metallica's song One.
"Chicken! Chicken! I want chicken strips and spaghetti!" She yelled out.
"You want both? Are you sure? It might be too much for you." I replied.
She didn't back down. She wanted both. So we made both. I called Rose to see if she and Adrian wanted to come over for dinner since we were making such a big meal. When it was almost time for them to get here I made Christian turn the game off. He would play all day if I let him. As soon as he turned it off there was a knock on the door.
Karleigh ran to the door, too short to answer it she started yelling, "Hurry mommy." I opened the door to find Adrian and Rose completely indisposed. Rose had jumped up and wrapped her legs around Adrian and they were making out. I shut the door so that Karleigh couldn't see what they were doing because it was really inappropriate for her to see.
The door opened and Rose and Adrian walked in holding hands. She just had a huge smile on her face and gave me that look like she was innocent.
"Hey Karleigh," Rose said as she picked her up and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. "What did you do for the rest of the day?"
Karleigh just giggled and ran off into the kitchen screaming for food. We all walked in after her and sat down. We had Chicken Strips, Spaghetti, and Garlic bread for dinner.
"Why is there so much food Liss? Did you invite someone else?" Rose asked as she helped herself to a couple of strips.
"No, Karleigh decided she wanted both spaghetti and chicken strips for dinner, so that's what we made. She did all the work, I just helped." I joked.
When we were done eating dinner I got Karleigh ready for bed and tucked her in. She was out in just a minute. I went back into the living room and Rose had a look on her face like she needing to tell me something.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Well, today when you guys were out I found something I thought was a little weird. Karleigh's doll had black around the edges like it had been burnt. When I asked her about it she said not to tell you guys. I'm not sure why she was hiding it, but how did it get burnt?" She said sounding worried.
I couldn't believe it. Why would my baby's doll be burnt? She didn't have access to anything that would cause a fire. I wasn't sure what had happened but Christian and I just looked at each other worried. Rose handed me the doll and sure enough it was charred around the edges.
Rose and Adrian left and Christian and I went to bed. Neither of us had a solution as to what could have happened to her doll. We both went to bed worried that night.