Daddy's Little Girl

Chapter 2:

Daddy, daddy don't leave

I'll do anything to keep you

Right here with me,

Can't you see how much I need you?

Daddy, daddy don't leave!

Mommy's sayin' things she don't mean!

She don't know what she's talkin' about,

Somebody hear me out..

After a long day of playing with her brothers, Mia called the kids into the house for dinner.

"What's for dinner, mom?" asked George, taking his place at the table with his siblings.

"Beef stew and dumplings!" she replied with a smile.

"Yay!" Alex, Luke, George and Jessie shouted happily.

"Sounds great, but I have to go and attend an important meeting at the station." sighed Elliot.

"But daddy-" Jessie was cut off by Mia.

"Elliot can it not wait? We wan't to have a family meal." Mia sounded hurt, like Elliot didn't want to be there. Elliot saw the look on her face and walked towards her, dropping his briefcase on the floor.

He practically picked her up and kissed her passionately, and then set her down. "I'll be back before you know it, about 30 minutes at the most!"

Mia was convinced, and she nodded. "Okay babe."

It was way past 30 minutes and Elliot was still not home. Jessie began to worry, so she went into George's room to ask him for a hug. "I'm scared George, dad isn't home yet!" she was close to tears.

"He'll be fine, his meeting probably went a little longer than planned!" even George sounded worried. He pulled his little sister onto his knee and hugged her. "Don't worry sis.."

Elliot came through the door at last. His hair was a little messy, and he wasn't wearing his tie any more. "Sorry I'm so late!" Jessie could tell he was pretending to be out of breath. "Obviously, he wasn't in any rush to get home," thought Jessie.

He had Mia fooled, and she smiled and ran into her Husband's arms. "I was worried sick! The kids were terrified!" cried Mia, she was scared of loosing her Husband.

"I'm sorry baby, the meeting went on for 45 minutes. 45!" he explained. "And on the way back, I bought these to say sorry for being late," smiled Elliot as he brought out a bouquet of roses.

"They're gorgeous! Oh my gosh!" squealed Mia and kissed Elliot on the lips. Elliot looked over to his kids. Luke, Alex and George looked relieved that he was ok, but Jessie had a look on her face that read I'm not fooled dad, so he picked her up and gave her a hug, then hugged his sons and tickled little Charlie.

That night, Jessie was going through the reasons in her head of why her daddy was so late. Finally, she came to the decision that her dad was cheating on her mom..