I stepped into the kitchen just in time to watch one of her slippers fly off her foot. She bent over to pick it up, giving me a brief view of her perfect, round ass. My cock went hard instantly, and I had to give myself a moment to calm down, so I wasn’t following her with a rock-hard erection.
Piper pulled open one of the doors and hurried out.
I followed her, noting the sounds of Maddie laughing and Mick barking growing louder and more intense as they both saw her.
“Oh myGod! There you are!” I watched as Piper squatted down in front of her daughter, throwing her arms around the little girl’s tiny body. Maddie seemed confused, unsure of why her mom seemed to be so upset. Mick backed away, his tongue hanging out of his mouth as he recovered from the intense play session.
What had happened was beginning to come together —the real question was “how.” I stepped over to the fridge and took out a couple bottles of water, figuring Piper would need some cooling off.
“Don’teverdo that again! Do you understand me? Do you haveanyidea how scared I was just now?”
The picture was becoming clearer by the second. Robe draped over one arm, my other hand holding the bottles of water, I stood on the patio overlooking the backyard. Mick let out a happy bark, oblivious to what was going on and probably wondering why his playtime had come to a halt.
“What’s the story?” I asked as I walked down the stairs and made my way over to them .
Piper’s eyes flashed and she shot to her feet so quickly that the towel knot in front of her breasts came loose, exposing her cleavage right to the top of her nipples. It took all the restraint I had not to go rock hard once more. She quickly adjusted herself, and once I was in arm’s reach, I handed over the robe.
“Oh my God.” She repeated the words, this time in a much different tone, seeming to realize that she’d just stormed into someone else’s home.
“Take a deep breath,” I said, handing her the robe. “Start from the beginning.”
She did as I asked, closing her eyes and breathing through it until she calmed down. Maddie took advantage of the distraction, hurrying back over to Mick. Piper must’ve figured the crisis was over because she didn’t bother stopping her. Once the robe was cinched around her waist, she pulled the towel out. I gave her a bottle of water and she cracked it open.
“Thanks.” Piper took a long sip. “Sorry. It was just…I was freaking out.”
“Let me guess, Maddie slipped out without you knowing and ended up back here?”
She nodded. “Yeah. I should’ve known her new best bud was destination number one, but I was so panicked that I couldn’t think straight. Hence me bursting into your house like that.”
“It’s no problem. I wouldn’t expect anything less from a worried parent.”
Relief washed over her. “Thanks. But…I have no idea how she got back here. I tried to get in from the front, but the gates are totally sealed.”
I nodded. “They are. But you know what isn’t totally sealed? That little gate over there.” I pointed to the far end of my backyard. Come on, I’ll show you what I mean.”
Piper seemed confused but followed me all the same. Once we were about fifty feet from Maddie and Mick, I showed her the skinny, tall gate that connected our backyards.
“What is this?” she asked, hurrying up to the gate and looking it over. “Where did this come from?”
“It’s covered by shrubs on your side. I’m not sure what the point of placing a gate that connects our two yards might’ve been. My guess is that back when these houses were all taken care of by a single yard service, they used such things to get back and forth through the yards without having to go all the way around.”
“Wow. That’s what you find when you buy houses that are over a hundred years old, huh?” She stepped closer, squatted down and looked at the space between the ground and the bottom of the gate. It was about a foot’s worth of distance—more than enough for a girl Maddie’s size to slip through. “And that looks like it solves the mystery of how Maddie got over here.” She sighed as she stood up and turned back to me. “I’m sorry again for all of this. You were probably just trying to have a quiet Sunday and we ruined it.”
“No apology necessary. Don’t worry about it at all.”
We turned, watching the two of them play. It was cute, sure, but all the same, I sensed Piper was still pretty upset about what Maddie had done.
“Maddie! Get your butt over hereright now!”
Maddie froze, looking up with the huge, saucer eyes of a kid who knew she was in major trouble.
“Now!”
“Mick!” I called out. “Go on inside, buddy!”
Mick obeyed, Maddie giving him one last, hesitant petting before he took off and into the house. Maddie approached with hesitant steps until she was standing right in front of her mother.
“Once we get home, I’m going to figure out just what kind of punishment’s in store for you.”
