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In a couple of days Emma and Bailey were feeling better. Scott had stayed with them two days to take care of them. Bailey smiled at Scott. "Thank you for taking care of us."
Scott leaned over the table and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Hey I gotta take care of my two best girls."
Emma smiled. "I wanna kiss." Scott smiled and leaned over kissed her on the cheek.
"If you guys are feeling better, I guess I should go home." Scott said taking his plate to the sink.
Emma frowned. "Why cant you live with us."
Bailey looked at her daughter. "Emma, Scott has his own home and life."
Emma looked at Scott. "But don't you love us, you could live with us."
Scott went over and bent down in front of Emma. "Niblet , you know I love you, but I cant live with you guys, married people live together like that."
Emma pouted. "Then marry us."
Bailey stood. "Emma enough."
Emma looked at Scott tearfully. "Sorry Scott." She said and got up running from the room.
Bailey looked at Scott. "I'm sorry, she's little, she just don't understand."
Scott felt bad, he didn't want to upset Emma. He walked down the hall and knocked on her door. He cracked it and found her laying on her bed. "Niblet, c'mere baby." He went over and lifted the girl on his lap. "Baby don't be upset. I love you very much."
Emma looked up at Scott. "Dontcha love Mama?"
Scott sighed. "Your mother and I are good friends, I care about her, but Niblet, I'm not the marrying kind, your mama and I , all we can be is friends."
"Well cant you just live with us and be our friend." Emma asked.
"Well that wouldn't be very good for your Mama if she wanted to date or get married would it?" He asked.
Emma sighed. "I just want you to be with us all the time."
Scott kissed her cheek. "I'll be here when ever you need me." He said, but the truth was he wanted to be there for Emma, he worried what would happen when Bailey did fall in love, Emma would get a father, and Scott would be forgotten.
Scott felt bad about Emma, he had hurt her and he hadn't meant to, he dropped by everyday to see Emma and she seemed fine, but he felt like he had disappointed the little girl. He walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Bailey answered looking upset. "Hey Scott, Emma is watching TV."
She was on the phone and she disappeared back down the hall and shut her bedroom door. "Hey Niblet."
Emma smiled and jumped up. "Hey Scott."
Scott swung her up in his arms, and the little girl wrapped her arms around him. "I'm happy to see you, guess what Dr. Collins says I only have to see him, once a month now."
Scott sat down putting the girl in his lap. "Thats great."
"Yep, is Mama still in her bedroom?"
Scott nodded. "Mama gots a call, and she went in the bedroom and shut the door a long time ago." The little girl said.
Scott frowned he hoped everything was okay.
"Connor, why now, I mean you never wanted any thing to do with her, not even when she was kidnapped, I didn't get one call from you." Bailey paced back and forth.
"Bailey, I was so immature back then and selfish, I know that, I just want to meet her, I mean my name is not even on her birth certificate, I know you don't have to let me do anything, I just want to meet her, thats it for now, and we'll go from there."
"I don't like it, its too sudden, she is just getting better from the whole kidnapping experience." Bailey said sitting on the edge of the bed.
Conner sighed. "Does she even know who I am?"
"Well yes, I mean I showed her your picture and told her who you are, I'm the one that has to make excuses for you, why you're not around you know." She said.
"Look Bailey , I'm sorry, the dumbest thing I ever did was walk away from you while you were pregnant, I know that, I want to see her, just once and we'll see how it goes." He said.
"Connor, I'll think about it and get back to you." She said.
"Okay, call me in a couple of days and let me know." He said.
Bailey hung up, she didn't need this right now, she opened her door and went down the hall to find Scott and Emma watching TV and eating candy. "Scott, why are you giving Emma candy right before dinner?"
He looked up at Bailey. "I didn't realize it was that close to dinner."
Bailey just shook her hand and went to the kitchen and set the table, she put out three plates without even thinking about it. She pulled the pot roast from the oven and set out bowls of carrots and potatoes and dinner rolls. "Come eat!" She called.
Emma ran in and Scott followed and the all sat down and had dinner, Scott was worried, Bailey was way too quite.
Bailey barely touched her food. "Mama, you okay?"
"Yes honey, just tired." She said smiling at her daughter.
They finished dinner and Scott fed Emma ice cream for dessert. Bailey cleaned up and gave Emma a bath and Scott told her several stories till she fell asleep and then he carried her off to bed.
Scott came back and sat down on the couch and pulled Bailey in his lap. "Okay tell daddy ,whats wrong."
Bailey laughed. "Scott you're crazy." She said but she didn't move off his lap, in fact she snuggled closer and laid her head on his shoulder. "Baby whats wrong?"
"Connor called, he's Emma's dad, he wants to see her." She said.
"I take it, he doesn't see her now." Scott said holding her close and stroking her curls. "No, her father is Connor Addison."
Scott was surprised, he was a well known actor. "What happened?"
"We were dating, I was impressed by him, the fact that someone like that was after me, we had sex, I got pregnant, he tried to pay me off to have a abortion , then he just tried to pay me off to keep quite, said it would ruin his career, so I just said the hell with him, I figured out, that I didn't need anyone, but my baby, and me and Emma have each other, I never cared if he came around, but now out of the blue he wants to meet her." Bailey said closing her eyes.
Scott would love to slam his face in the wall, Emma was a wonderful child and deserved a good father. "So what are you going to do?" Scott asked, he knew what he wanted her to do , tell lover boy to go fuck himself.
"Scott what do you think I should do, I mean he is her father, I've told her who he is, showed her pictures of him and everything, should I let him at least meet her, I don't want Emma to think I've kept him away from her." She said sounding more and more stressed.
Scott sighed. "I cant make the decision for you, but I guess you have a point, Emma might resent you if you refuse to let him see her." As much as he hated it, that was a good point.
Bailey nodded. "yeah, okay..I guess I'll call him back tomorrow and set up something."
Scott didn't like it one bit, but as much as he pretended otherwise, he wasn't Emma's father.
Bailey looked up at him. "Scott will you come over when he comes by, I would feel better if you were here."
Scott kissed her forehead. "Sure I will, if he gets stupid, I'll break him in half." He said holding Bailey tighter.
Bailey hugged Scott, she was still attracted to him, but he was her friend also and he cared about Emma, she could trust him to protect both of them.
The next day she made arrangements for him to come in on Friday afternoon, then she had to sit down and tell Emma. They were sitting at the table having a snack of cookies and milk. "Emma remember I told you about your father, Connor?"
Emma nodded. "Yep, he's a actor."
"Thats right, well, he wants to meet you, so he's coming by Friday." She said fidgeting with her cookie.
Emma set her cookie down. "Mama , I'm scared..I don't know him."
Bailey got up and lifted the girl in her lap. "Honey,. I know, but I'll be right here and so will Scott, I asked him to be here too."
Emma lay against her mother, this Connor man might be her father, but she already had her daddy picked out and it wasn't him, she wanted Scott. "I'm not calling him daddy."
"Baby you don't have to, its just a meeting, you don't have to see him if you don't want to ever." Bailey said.
"I'll meet him." Emma said.
Emma looked in her mother's office, she was working, she walked out on the deck to see if she seen Scott. "Mama." She called through the window.
"Yeah Baby?"
"Will you call Scott and see if he's home." Emma said, she wanted to see him, it had only been one day, but she liked hanging out with him.
She heard her mother on the phone and she sat on the steps tapping her feet on the wood, trying to be patient.
Emma looked up when she heard Scott call her name. "Mama, can I go?" She shouted.
"Yes, I'll come get you in a little while."
"Kay, thank you Mama." She said and raced down the stairs clutching the hat to her head, so it wouldn't fall. "Scott." She cried as he caught her. Emma hugged him tightly and Scott patted her back. "You okay Niblet?"
The little girl just hugged him and he carried up up the stairs to his house. They went in and he sat her on his couch. "So what do you want to do?"
Emma scooted closer. " Scott, I have to see my father."
"Your Mama told me, I know you must be a little scared, but I'll be there and so will your Mama." Scott said putting his arm around her.
"I know, but... well I don't want him to be my daddy." She said looking down at the floor.
"Niblet, I guess you should give him a chance, he might be a good daddy, you never know." He said even though he didn't think the guy was fit to parent a gerbil.
"Scott I picked you to be my daddy, I know you and Mama are just friends, but cant I pick my own daddy?"
Scott was blown away and didn't know what to say to her. "Niblet, I love you very much, I mean you're like my kid, I wish you was, but I'm not your daddy."
Emma looked up with big tears in her eyes. "Yes you are, you do all the daddy stuff with me, you showed me how ta fish and play video games, and wrestlin moves and you tell me stories and take care of me when I'm sick and you didn't get grossed out when I throwed up in your truck, you didn't even get mad, and when I fell when you was teaching me ta skate, you kissed my boo boo, you are my daddy."
Scott hugged the little girl tight, in a way she was right, he had never wanted kids, not really, but Emma had touched his heart from the first, there had to be someway to make her happy, Connor had no business being called her daddy, he hadn't been there for her.
Friday Emma came out of her room, Scott just laughed, she had on the old ball cap he had given her, a wrestling shirt with him and Kev on it, jeans with holes in them, and ratty looking sneakers she used to play in. She flopped down beside Scott. "You look, umm cute." He said grinning.
Bailey shook her head, she wasn't going to make Emma dress up if she didn't want to.
When Emma heard the knock at the back door, she grabbed Scott's big hand. He squeezed it. "It's okay Niblet."
Bailey sighed and went and opened the door, Connor was even more handsome than he had been before. "Hey Bailey, you look beautiful."
Bailey just nodded and let him in. "C'mon Emma is in here."
Connor walked behind her and he looked at the small girl on the couch. "Damn she looks just like you, she sure don't take after me."
Bailey wanted to slap him, he was blond haired with blue eyes.
"She's not deaf." Bailey bit out. Connor just nodded. "This is Scott Hall, a friend of ours." She said.
Scott took the man's hands and was sure to squeeze it as hard as he could, he was gratified when the man winced and pulled his hand away.
Conner bent down in front of the girl. "Hey Emma, can you say daddy, I'm your daddy."
Emma turned to look at her mother, was he for real. "I'm not a baby, I know how to talk."
Connor looked surprised. "Oh of course, I thought you were a baby, well thats great, what do you like to do, maybe we can spend some time together."
"I like to fish and I like wrestling." Emma said. Connor noticed she was dressed like a boy, Bailey really needed to update her wardrobe, hell Bailey had plenty of money. "Maybe I can take you shopping some for some pretty dresses."
Emma poked her lip out. "No."
Connor looked over at Bailey, the kid was rude, surely she would correct her, but Bailey didn't say a word.
"Emma, you're a child, you cant tell me no." Connor said a little irked.
Scott stood, but Bailey intercepted. "Conner, lets have a talk."
Connor left the room with Bailey and Emma looked at Scott. "I don't wanna go with him."
Scott lifted Emma in his lap. "You don't have to Niblet." He vowed that creep wouldn't take his baby anywhere.
"Connor, this in not working, its obvious you know nothing about kids, I think you should leave."
"Bailey, I'm trying here, just let me visit a little bit." he said pacing back and forth.
Bailey looked at him. "Connor you cant just come in here acting like her dad, she doesn't know you."
Connor sighed and sat down at the kitchen table. "I know, you're right, but I just want to be able to visit her, get to know her, I would like to visit when my schedule allows, get to know her."
"Connor, I don't know, let me see how this visit affects her, before I commit to anything." Bailey said.
He nodded reluctantly and went back to the living room, Bailey knew that this wasn't going well, she didn't know what to do.
Two hours later Bailey shut the door and breathed a sigh of relief, this was the longest two hours of her life. She went back into the living room and found her daughter hugging Scott. "Mama I don't want him for my daddy, I want Scott." She said and then took off down the hall.
Bailey looked at Scott. "Legally he don't have any rights, he's not named as her father, but if he gets a court order for a DNA test, he could get some kind of custody rights."
Scott stood and pulled her in his arms. "Let me think for a while, we'll figure out something."
Bailey lay against him and prayed she come up with something to be rid of Connor.