“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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but, Gisele didn’t leave him the opportunity

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

Let’s just go home”, Gisele said trying her best not to scare

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

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

it! Here we can

laugh at Callie’s adorable cuteness. “No, thanks, sweetie, I’m already

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

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so out of it that she barely heard any of Callie’s

there but when he looked at Gisele’s distracted and almost sad

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

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

her any good to think of the past, she needed to be positive and concentrate on the future. She threw a glance at Callie and saw that she was fast asleep. She carried her gently to her room and tucked

to her

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