All Yours
He sits on the edge of the bed, pulls me to stand between his knees.
“This is for you, little one,” he says quietly. “If you want it. No pressure. But I had it made months ago… after I realized I wasn’t going to be able to keep pretending anymore.”
My heart flips. Months?
I open the box with shaky fingers.
Inside, nestled on black silk, is the most beautiful collar I have ever seen: thin rose-gold chain links, delicate but unbreakable, with a small heart-shaped lock in the front and a tiny engraved tag dangling from it that reads Daddy’s Girl in elegant script.