Chapter 3

Cassie sat on her bed and watched some TV while she tried to relax. But the more she relaxed the more she thought about Randy and the fact that he was a father to two kids. Cassie knew enough about his ex-wife to know that she really didn't care about Randy, she only cared about the name and the money. Cassie was lost deep in her thoughts when there was a knock on her door. Cassie waled over to the door and looked to see who it was.

"Randy, what are you doing here?" Cassie asked as she let him in.

"I needed to get away from my room." Randy answered.

"Why?" Cassie asked.

"My ex-wife keeps calling the room phone as I wont answer my cell phone. And I know she is not calling about our daughter or the baby." Randy answered.

"Oh wow. I wanted to ask you, when do you get your daughter and how long will you have her?" Cassie asked.

"I get her as soon as I get home tomorrow and I have her until Saturday night, why?" Randy answered.

"It's an hour flight from St. Louis to Nashville. Why don't you bring her out to my ranch and she can have some fun with the horses and I have a few baby animals as well." Cassie suggested.

"I think she would love that. And it would give me a chance to spend one on one time with her before the baby is born." Randy responded.

"Exactly." Cassie stated with a soft smile.

"And I would hope that I could spend some alone time with the Ranch owner." Randy added.

"I think I can arrange that." Cassie responded.

The next day Cassie headed to her Ranch and got unpacked and started some laundry. Randy headed to St. Louis to pick up his daughter and pack a suitcase for her. While Randy was packing her suitcase she walked into her room and looked at her dad.

"Daddy, what you doing?" Alanna asked.

"Packing." Randy answered.

"Why?" Alanna asked.

"Well, it's a surprise. You like horses and baby animals right?" Randy answered.

"Of course daddy." Alanna giggled.

"Well, all I am going to tell you is that you will get to see some horses, baby horses and other baby animals. But we have to take a short plane ride to get there." Randy responded as he closed her suitcase and locked it.

"YAY!" Alanna shouted. "Daddy, Mommy said next week I will have a baby brother or sister."

"That's right, sweetie. And you will be over at Grandma and Poppas while Mommy has the baby." Randy responded.

"I want to stay with you." Alanna stated.

"I will be here, but I will be at the hospital with Mommy." Randy answered.

"Ok. Is Mommy going to move back home after the baby is here?" Alanna asked.

"No sweetie. Mommy is going to stay where she is at now. But you and your brother or sister will come here as long as I am home." Randy answered.

"Ok. Can we go now?" Alanna asked.

"Yup." Randy answered as the two of them headed to the airport.

Once they arrived in Nashville, Randy called for a cab and gave him the address to Cassie's ranch. Cassie was just finishing up with her laundry when she heard a car pull up. She saw it was a yellow taxi cab and headed downstairs to see who it was. Randy paid the cab driver and got out before helping Alanna out and getting their suitcases. Cassie stood on her front porch and smiled.

"Hello Randy." Cassie stated as she walked over to them.

"Hi Cassie. I would like you to meet my daughter Alanna." Randy responded.

"Hello Alanna. It's nice to meet you. You're daddy has told me a lot about you." Cassie stated.

"Hello." Alanna responded.

"I heard that you like baby animals. Is that right?" Cassie asked.

"Yeah." Alanna answered.

"How would you like to see some baby animals?" Cassie asked.

"Really? You have baby animals here?" Alanna responded.

"I sure do. But first why don't we go inside and take your stuff to your room before we go see the baby animals." Cassie suggested.

"Okay!" Alanna responded excitedly.

Cassie showed Alanna where she was going to sleep and told her that it used to be her room when she was a little girl. Alanna pulled out her clothes and tried her best to put them away neatly. Cassie then lead Randy down the hall to the master bedroom. Once they were inside the room, Cassie closed the door, but not all the way. She showed Randy where he could put his stuff and then walked over to the bay window and looked out at the ranch.

"It's beautiful here." Randy stated as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Thank you. I love it here." Cassie responded as she turned around in his arms. "Alanna is sweet girl."

"Thank you." Randy stated as he placed a kiss on Cassie's forehead.

"Daddy, I'm all done." Alanna called from her room.

"I'll be right there sweetie." Randy responded with a smile.

Cassie knew that they really couldn't show any affection towards each other while Alanna was awake. But for now that was fine. That afternoon was all about Alanna and spending time with her. Cassie took Randy and Alanna out to her truck and they drove down the road a bit to the large red barn.

Alanna could hear the horses making noise and she was excited to be on a ranch with real baby animals. Cassie had baby chicks, baby bunnies, baby horses, baby pigs and a baby cow that was only 3 days old. Cassie let Alanna pet the babies while she got a bottle of milk for the baby cow.

"Alanna, how would you like to feed the baby cow?" Cassie asked.

"Really? I can feed the baby cow?" Alanna answered.

"Yeah." Cassie responded with a smile.

"Of course." Alanna stated as she took Cassie's hand and walked with her over to the baby cow.

Cassie showed her how to hold the bottle and soon Alanna was feeding the baby cow all by herself. Randy snapped pictures as the day went on. Cassie was having a blast with Alanna and Randy and she was glad that they came out to the Ranch.