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“Of course I a her back so he could look into her eyes The same chocolate brown eyes as her hter, al”

“Forup so she could reach it

“What is it?” She asked as she squir all at the sairl on her feet and handed her the bag, s to himself at the look of joy on her face

“A Barbie!” She squealed and then turned to look at her mother “Look, Mommy, it’s a Barbie!”

“A very pretty Barbie” Lucie confir at Cole “Let’s sit down and eat before we open her though”

Cole followed Haley to the table where he sat in the spot she designated just for hiirl dazzled him with her stories of preschool and her apparent trip to the zoo the week before Or ood concept of time, but her recollection of the event was vivid

For the first tiet about all that was going on in his own life and focus on the wonder and exciteirl

“Did you make an appointment?” Cole asked Lucie a little while later as he helped her to clear the table while she washed dishes in the s them into the dishwasher

The three of the Once they were finished, Cole had helped Haley to open her new Barbie and then Lucie whisked the little girl away because it ell past her bedti roohts while Lucie read Haley a bedtiirl had finally fallen asleep

“Yes, Ione of the pans she had used to cook dinner unusually hard

Cole watched while she continued to attack the pan, clearly so to the surface Aoff the water before pulling her into his ar to be ok” He prouarantee that financially Lucie and Haley would be fine He could make sure Haley received the hter wouldn’t go without food because of the cost He, however, could not proet easier

“It’ll never be ok” Lucie sobbed against his chest “How does he not even know that it happened?”