“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 opportunity to finish what he started,

she entered the car, Callie

home”, Gisele said trying her best

as if was unheard of

another one when I can have

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

Callie’s adorable cuteness. “No,

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

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heard any of Callie’s unending chatter. Distractedly, she helped Callie out of the car and

he looked at Gisele’s distracted and almost sad face,

them in the laundry basket, put her in warm clothes then and

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

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

she was going to her room, Slate stopped

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