“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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he started but, Gisele didn’t leave him the opportunity to finish what he started, she

entered the car, Callie asked, “Gigi, who was that

home”, Gisele said

as if was unheard of for Gisele not to get

another one when I can have yours?”,

“Oh, I get it! Here we can share.”, she

at Callie’s adorable cuteness.

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

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

and almost sad face,

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

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

on the future. She threw a glance at Callie and saw that she was fast asleep. She carried her gently to her room

was going to

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