“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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You-“, he started but, Gisele didn’t leave him the

the car, Callie

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

another ice cream?”, Callie asked again, as if was unheard of for

another one when I can have yours?”, Gisele said, teasing

at Gisele then her face brightened up. “Oh, I get it! Here we can share.”, she said, gesturing towards

adorable cuteness. “No, thanks, sweetie, I’m already

a while then shrugged and said, “Okay”, then went back to her ice

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so out of it that she barely heard any of Callie’s unending chatter. Distractedly, she helped Callie out of the car

and almost

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 not listening to a word of what she was

thinking about the night her Papa left her and her mother,

to be positive and concentrate on the future. She threw a glance at Callie and saw that she was fast asleep. She carried

she was going to

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