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"See, Remy" She pointed at him and turned to look at me "He’s a pretty princess!"

"Yes, he’s very pretty indeed," I said, and Daniels laughed at that "But you look even prettier What do you have on there?"

Stella stood up and twirled around so she could show ot from the Disney Store to play dress-up in She’d put it on over her sweater and pants since it was rather cold upstairs

"Very pretty," I said, sounding dutifully awed "You knoould make you even prettier?" She shook her head "If you let me do your hair"

Since I’d les Even when Bishop and Nolita had atteled That was probably because nobody carried a brush

"Can I do your hair?" I asked her "I make the prettiest princess braids you’ve ever seen"

She thought about it, and then nodded "Okay"

"Come here"

I patted the bed in front of rabbed the brush from the bedside table and started the arduous process of carefully brushing through her hair

"So what are the rest of the guys doing downstairs?" Daniels asked He leaned back against the wall behind hi poker still," I said "How co with theed, but I felt like he was leaving so out

"Did you know Clark?" I asked, and he looked up at ot here You said his name"

"I didn’t know hieneral Everybody knew of him around the quarantine"

I’d hit a snarl in Stella’s hair, and she winced so I apologized She was actually taking it pretty bravely, considering how knotted her hair was

"What did you know about him?" I asked