Daddy’s little girl
“I wanna go on the swings”! Taylor demanded, pointing and running towards them, Matt sighed: “Fine” he mumbled as he walked over to join her at the swing set: “Push me daddy”. The little girl said, swinging her legs excitedly once she was on the swings. Matt sighed again: “Aren’t you old enough to swing yourself by now Tay”? She turned to face him: “Nooo come on daddy it’s more fun when you do it”. Taylor turned back around as Matt began pushing her, she gave a high pitched squeal of delight: “Weee, higher daddy higher”! “Not too high Tay Tay”. He answered anxiously. He remembered what happened last time they were here, everyone accused him of foul play, but it was an accident! He was surprised taylor still even wanted to come here, but then, she was too young to really comprehend what was going on, plus, she was never one to do anything just once, no matter how much she got hurt: “Slide now daddy”! She insisted, leaping off the swing and racing over to the slide. Matt ran to catch up: “Carful Tay”! He yelled after her. Matt watched Taylor slide a couple times, sweat dripping down his face with nerves until she convinced him to get on with her. He put her on his lap and slid down the slide with her: “Weee”! “That was fun”. She commented as he set her on her feet once they’d finished: “Yeah”. Matthew answered offering her a small smile: “Thank you for letting us come back daddy”. Taylor wrapped her arms around her dad, he hugged her back then pulled away again after a long moment, lifting her face to meet his eyes: “You know daddy will always try to keep you safe don’t you”? She nodded: “Daddy remember when”- “That doesn’t matter now baby”. He interrupted, not wanting to relive what happened last time. He wasn’t even sure that’s what she was gonna say but he couldn’t stand the thought: “All that matters now is that your ok, and that daddy loves you, and that we can still be together ok”? Matt continued before placing a gentle kiss to the top of her head: “Let’s get out of here”. He stood up and took her hand as they walked out of the park: “Can we go to the ball pit tomorrow daddy”?!