“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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didn’t leave him the

entered the car, Callie asked,

one of importance, hunny. Let’s just go home”, Gisele

won’t you get another ice cream?”, Callie asked again, as if was unheard of for Gisele

I get another one when I can have yours?”, Gisele

it! Here we can share.”, she said, gesturing

at Callie’s adorable cuteness. “No, thanks,

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

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barely heard any of Callie’s

and almost sad face,

herself anymore. It was like she was a 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 not listening to

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

past, she needed to be positive and concentrate on the future. She threw a glance at Callie and saw that

going to her room,

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