Gisele woke up a bit disoriented. She looked around and saw that she was in Slate’s room. She looked at the time and the digital clock next to the bed was blinking 17:48. She looked on the bed and saw that Callie and Slate were still sleeping. She tiptoed out of the room then went downstairs.

She heard sounds coming from the kitchen and she went to investigate. It was Mrs. Hale.

“Mrs. Hale, hello”, Gisele said calmly behind her.

“Oh hello girl. How are you?”, Mrs. Hale responded, not turning towards Gisele.

“Oh just peachy. What are you doing?”, Gisele asked curiously.

“Nothing much, just preparing the groceries I bought”, Mrs. Hale replied.

Gisele smiled at her even though she could not see. Then she went to the fridge, took out the gallon of milk, poured some into a gla** and started sipping.

“You know, Gisele, I never thought the day would come when I would see Mr. Hendrick so happy. You make him happy, keep doing that”, the wise old lady said, stil chopping her vegetables.

Gisele blushed and said nothing in reply, too embarra**ed. She didn’t do anything! Slate was happy because he wanted to be not because of her but with~ Gah! What faulty logic was that, anyway? She definitely needed to stop speaking in her head.

“Do you need me to help you with anything?”, Gisele asked, in her soft voice.

“No, hunny. I’m not that frail, you know. My strength probably surpa**es that of Superman”, Mrs. Hale joked, sensing Gisele was in a dark mood and needing to make her joyful and happy again.

It worked to at extent, Gisele was smiling.

****____****

The next day, Gisele woke up, feeling extremely sunny; she had once again slept with the two people she loved most, apart from Lizzie and her parents of course, Callie and Slate.

Speaking of Lizzie, she had not called in three days. She had a lot of explaining to do.

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when both father and daughter strolled in.

grunted something in reply and Callie’s response was to come and hug Gisele’s legs. Gisele

teef and bath-ed me!”,

did?”, she

And he dressed me too!” she replied

does he do it better

back at her father who was smiling at this discussion and staged-whispered, “No, he was

Callie was so

I’ll leave you then”,

giggled and ran

daddy, you bath-ed me very well more than Gigi, don’t go. I wuv

held her in his arms. Gisele smiled too, Callie was

do you

“Huhh?”, Gisele asked stupidly.

let’s get ice

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cream, I mean”, Slate asked with

was some double entrendre behind his words, so she blushed and contented herself with a

hours, five ice creams,

I get another? Pwease? I won’t tell Daddy you gave me”,

might fall sick”, Gisele protested

I won’t! Pwease?”, she asked again, using her secret weapon, puppy dog eyes, one she was sure Gisele

the point of saying no when Slate came to

creams, that’s more than

this daddy

laughed; this kid was watching far

Slate’s phone rang. When he looked at it, he grimaced then

much. She turned to Callie just to see that Callie had

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