An Unexpected Invitation

Dom groaned the following morning, when his boisterous twenty-one-month-old daughter bounced her way onto his bed at some ungodly hour. One sharp little knee narrowly missed his groin to land painfully on his abdomen, causing him to curse softly under his breath as he doubled over in pain.

“Stella, honey, why don’t you go find your mama? It’s her day off today.” He caught her to stop her bouncing