“Papa, attends! Non, non. Je ne suis plus un bebe. Je suis adulte, et les adultes, ca ne se porte pas”, Six-year-old Gisele said, trying to stifle a giggle as her father was swinging her in the air.

Her father pretended to wipe a tear and said, “Mais tu est mon bebe a moi, Chloe, je dois te porter.”

Then he proceeded to start tickling her.

(Translation. Gisele: Papa, wait! No, no. I’m no longer a baby. I am an adult and adults are not supposed to be carried.

Gisele’s dad: But you’re my baby, Chloe, I’ve got to carry you.)

She started laughing and pushed her cheek forward for him to kiss.

End of Flashback

As he was reaching to touch her, she jerked back her arm. His lips curved into a humorless smile.

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I see. You-“, he started but, Gisele didn’t leave him the opportunity to finish what he

car, Callie asked, “Gigi, who

of importance, hunny. Let’s just go home”, Gisele said trying her best not

Callie asked again, as if was unheard of for Gisele not

why would I get another one when I can have

looked at Gisele then her face brightened up. “Oh, I get it! Here we can

had to laugh at Callie’s adorable

at Gisele for a while then shrugged and said, “Okay”, then went back to

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home, Gisele was so out of it that she barely heard any of Callie’s unending chatter. Distractedly, she

he looked at Gisele’s distracted and almost sad

robot, doing everything automatically. She changed Callie’s ice cream soiled clothes, put them in the laundry basket, put her in warm clothes then and and stayed with her in the multimedia room. Callie was watching a cartoon about puppets and stuff but Gisele was

in the past, thinking about the night her Papa left her and her mother, how

be positive and concentrate on the future. She threw

she was going to her room,

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