“Shh, it’s just salt water baby. It will stop burning, Daddy promises.”
Burying her face into my neck, Eden cried and my heart stopped. I couldn’t stand to hear her cry or know she was hurt.
Ryn gave me that look as she walked up to me. “You wonder why she’s a Daddy’s girl?”
Giving Ryn a smile, I held onto my baby girl. Besides Ryn, I never in my life imagined I could love another person as much as I loved Eden. She was my life.
Grabbing Ryn’s hand, we started walking again. Once Eden recovered from the salt water in the eye incident she was back on the ground. “Where is Azurdee?” I asked as I kept an eye on my daughter.
“Back at the house. She needed a few minutes to rest.”
Laughing, I shook my head. “I can’t believe her and Lark will have a little boy in two months.”
“I know. Azurdee said she told Lark he was going to have to get his balls snipped after this one.”
Making a face, I pulled my head back and said, “Ouch. I’m sure the big tough Marine didn’t take that so well.”
Ryn giggled as a seagull landed and Eden got down and was ready to make her move, until Mickey came running by barking, scaring the bird.
Rolling my eyes, I yelled at the two-month-old golden retriever. “Mickey, no! Bad girl.”
Eden ran up to Mickey laughing as they chased each around on the sand. “Bad. Goggy,” Eden said in between laughs.
Scraping my hands down my face, I cursed under my breath. “Why did I let you talk me into that damn dog?”