THIRTY-ONE.

Derek POV.

Let me introduce myself again, I'm no longer papa or Derek, I'm the mean guy, just ask my daughter Madlyn. She refuses to come to sit with me the whole night, no matter how much I try to pull her toward me, she's in Jaxon arms mostly mad at both me and Adrian. Him for taking her shopping and me for punishing her over her tantrum, Adrian was the saver of the night, especially with me scaring her while going down the stair.

I agree with Adrian I shouldn't have allowed her to go down without me, but she wouldn't learn how to walk or go up and down the stairs if we keep on carrying her. She's my baby too, but she could use being a little bit more independent, to Adrian dismay.

We did have a talk later alone, away from her earshot, it didn't end well with us, we had a fight over raising Mady and how we should raise our daughter. The fight haven't end that well, we were mad at each other even while sitting down and watching a movie with Mady. Her demanding to stay with Jaxon arm