Big Daddy Firemen (Big Cedar Daddies Book 2)

Daisy had tried to wait up for the guys.

She’d managed to keep her eyes open until they rolled back into the garage and she knew they were safe. After that, though, while they’d showered, she’d lost the battle.

She woke up the following morning at eight. As was now her custom when staying at the firehouse, she readied for the day before making her first appearance.

Walker and Austin were at the table while Cane was working in the kitchen.

“Pull up a seat, darlin’,” Cane said as he flipped a pancake from the stove to an awaiting plate. “Your breakfast is almost ready.”

“Thanks,” she replied with a smile. “But after last night, maybe I need to watch what I eat.”

“That’s what you’re thinking about from last night?” Austin asked from the table. “Not when we almost…” He let his words trail off with a foxy grin.

Daisy giggled and blushed hard as she pulled out a chair and sat at the table. “So, I wasn’t dreaming?”

Across from her, Walker grinned. “Hardly. It was set to be a mighty fine night, too, before that damn fire kicked up.”

Daisy groaned and rubbed the back of her neck. “Seems like there’s been a lot of fires around here recently.”

In the kitchen, Cane stacked a few more hotcakes on the plate and said, “You know, we were just saying that very same thing last night. Today, we aim to find out what’s going on.”

Worry grew inside Daisy, though she smiled for a second when Cane deposited the steaming breakfast in front of her.

“Where’s ours?” Austin asked.

Cane returned a moment later with a plate stacked high with pancakes, dropping it in the center of the table. “I’ll make hers for her. Y’all have plates right in front of you. So grab ‘em and prepare your own.”

“You even put the butter and syrup on hers!” Austin noted.

“She’s a lot cuter than you are,” Cane retorted. “Now shut the hell up and eat. I went to all that trouble making those pancakes. The least you can do is scarf ‘em down.”

Daisy was laughing as Cane came back to the table and prepared his own plate. Once everyone had their food, she said, “So you think these fires are connected.”

“No real way to know until we investigate,” Walker said. “And I don’t want to assume anything. We’ll just let the facts speak for themselves.” He paused and looked thoughtful as he added, “That being said, it’s mighty suspicious that we’ve had so many in such a short span of time.”

Cane opened his mouth and looked as if he was about to say something when he stopped. His eyes squinted. “I forgot your milk and juice. Sorry, sweetheart.”

“I can get them myself!” Daisy protested.

“Oh no you don’t, little girl. Daddy will get them,” Cane told her as he got up and walked toward the kitchen.

Daddy? She nearly gasped upon hearing him.

Clearly, he had not just been messing around last night. He was taking this seriously! Did Austin and Walker feel the same way?

She had her answer a moment later when Austin said, “Hey, how come you get to take care of our cutie? Maybe I want to.”

“We all want to,” Walker announced. “We’ll work it out. It’s not a competition. It’s Daddies working together to take care of their little girl.”

“I’ll drink to that,” Cane said with a smile, holding up the glass of orange juice he was carrying. He took a sip and then placed it before Daisy along with a glass of milk and sat back down. “Now, where were we?”

“You were about to say something,” Daisy said. “And thank you for the juice.”

He smiled and nodded his approval. He thought for a moment and then said, “Now I remember. We’re going to have a little meeting with the other Daddies here in town. Could you watch the Littles for them?”

“Me?” Daisy asked, unable to hide her shock.

“Yeah. You know the girls think you’re cool. They always enjoy seeing you. And someone needs to keep an eye on them. They might be adults, but they are Littles, you know. Mischief just sort of finds them,” Cane told her.

“Especially when they’re all together,” Austin added.

“That’s the God’s honest truth,” Walker declared. “Last time the Daddies had a meeting, those Littles were left unattended, and they got out a bag of flour and had a fight! They were all whiter than ghosts when we finally caught ‘em.” He chuckled and shook his head. “Their bottoms sure weren’t white. Not after the Daddies got finished tanning their hides.”

Everyone laughed.

Daisy thought it over and then finally shrugged. “Yeah. I can keep an eye on them.”

“Good girl,” Cane said. “And don’t you get into any trouble, either.”

She nodded and shoved a bite of pancakes into her mouth, not wanting them to see how nervous the thought of taking a spanking made her.

And she sure didn’t want them to see how bad she was blushing when Walker spoke up. But his words rocked her to her core.

“And then, when we get home, I aim to pick up where we left off last night.”

Cane and Austin agreed.

Excitement swirled in Daisy’s core. She was nervous, too. She didn’t have a lot of experience with… that, even with just one partner. But being with all three guys?

She couldn’t focus on that right now, though. She decided to shove her doubts and fears aside and just enjoy the experience.

Something told her this was going to shape up to be one heck of an exciting day.