She shook her head, "Nah, it looks a bit too high for my taste."

"What's there to fear when I'm here!"

Charlie let Kya play on her own while he took Emily's hand, stepping up the staircase that led them upwards.

At the top was a small rooftop deck, about twenty-four feet high from the ground, offering a perfect view of Kya looking up with curiosity. Emily waved to her daughter.

"Mom, be careful!" Kya called out with a soft voice, her hands cupped around her mouth.

Turning to her left, Emily spotted their neighbor, Amiee Jordan, who seemed a bit surprised to see them.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Emily turned to slide down, with Charlie sitting behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, "Ready?"

"You're not just using me as an excuse to play, are you?" Emily suddenly turned to ask.

Charlie tapped her head lightly, "Why would I be interested in something so childish if it wasn't for you?"

"Ha!" Emily scoffed, "So you admit it's childish, yet you still egged me on."

Before she could finish, Charlie pushed off, and they slid down rapidly.

instinctively tightened her grip on

undeniable, but before Emily could fully relive her childhood joy, they suddenly stopped

stuck?" Emily

the slide was semi-transparent, allowing only a faint light to filter through, making it difficult to see exactly where they were stuck. Charlie

escape

spoke, "Let's get out, Kya will start

was

"Childish!" Emily chuckled.

as she spoke, they slid down the rest

for them when she suddenly saw her parents appear and ran

lifting

to look at

at him, "Childish Charlie, Kya, sounds like

her cheek, "Dare to mock us? Let's see how we punish

*

staying in the same villa she had visited for the first time, even the same

still the same,

that you realize how

Estelle suddenly thought of Mrs. Macy, the gentle

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