Summer Rental-Ch 4

Melody sat in her dads lap and grinned as she continued to play with her castle, Savannah sat down on the sand and said, "she's a beautiful little girl", he said, "thanks, she looks like her momma". Savannah looked around and said, "is she here with you"?, Derek shook his head and said, "no she's up the beach at home".

Derek said, "so Savannah what brings you to our beautiful town"?, she sighed and said, "vacation", he laughed and said, "ahhhhh yes vacation, they are great things aren't they"?, she nodded her head yes and said, "definitely". Derek kissed the top of Melodys head and said, "are you ready to head out for the ice cream daddy promised"?, she looked up and said, "chocowate"?, he tapped the end of her nose and said, "of course chocolate".

Melody clapped her hands as she stood up and dusted her butt off, she then looked up at Derek and said, "weady daddy", he looked at Savannah and said, "well I hate to cut this short but I promised my princess here some ice cream". Savannah said, "maybe I can meet your wife sometime"?, he said, "ohhhh I'm not married".

She smiled and said, "great", he looked at her and gave her his Derek Morgan smile as she said, "do you have plans tonight"?, he said, "well I want to spend some time with my daughter but after she goes to sleep I'm free". Savannah said, "how about you come to my place and I'll fix us a delicious meal and then maybe a romantic walk on the beach".

Melody tugged on his hand and said, "gooooooooo daddy goooo", he said, "sure that sounds great but I don't know your address", she giggled and said, "I live right up there, I'm the house with the beige shutters". He sighed and said, "and I live right next to you", she laughed and said, "wellllllll it looks like we're neighbors then".

Derek looked down and said, "come on baby", Savannah said, "what time should I expect you"?, he said, "how about around 8:00 or is that to late"?, she smiled and said, "no that's perfect, see you then". Derek said, "see you then" and as they walked away Savannah couldn't help but smile knowing that a sexy man like Derek was still on the market.

After Derek and Melody finished their ice cream they walked down to a huge pond and he laughed as she fed the ducks, he pulled out his phone and snapped picture after picture as he watched his daughter squatting down in front of the ducks. As he watched her playing he couldn't believe that he had already missed over 3 years of her life and the one thing he knew for sure is that he didn't want to miss anymore.

A couple of hours later he knocked on Penelopes door and smiled as she opened and stepped aside so they could come inside, she said, "did you two have fun today"?, Derek said, "we had a blast didn't we princess"?, she nodded her head and said, "uh huh, I feeded da ducks momma". She said, "you did"?, she said,
"uh huh".

Penelope said, "sounds like you guys had fun", Derek said, "we made sand castles and went for ice cream and walked down to the pond out from the ice cream shop and she had an amazing time feeding the ducks". Penelope said, "awwwww I wish I could have seen her", he pulled out his cell and said, "I took lots and lots of pictures".

Penelope smiled as she looked at picture after picture of their daughter, when she got half way through the pictures she saw a picture of a beautiful dark skinned woman with long hair and said, "she's beautiful". Derek said, "who is"?, she turned the phone around and said, "she is", Derek said, "ahhhhh yes that is Savannah".

Penelope said, "is she a friend of yours"?, he said, "we just met her today", she nodded her head as he said, "while Melody and I were playing in the sand she walked over and introduced herself to me". She said, "that's great, sounds like the two of you really hit it off"?, he said, "yeah, yeah we did and as a matter of fact later tonight we have a dinner date".

She felt a twinge of something, her twinge was jealousy, she said, "you do huh"?, he said, "yep", he looked around and said, "where's your boyfriend"?, she said, "he isn't my boyfriend and he got called in to work". He said, "ohhhh, sorry", she said, "don't be", Melody said, "tome pway wif me daddy", he laughed and said, "coming princess".

Penelope took a deep breath and sighed wondering if she had once again lost her hotstuff