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I re-read every text e he’s sent probably twenty times, and it onlythat Roan’s been texting al ether

Linnie asked for my phone at one point and snapped pictures of ht it was just fun but after about ten pics, she giggled and ad them to Roan

I couldn’t be angry She has this intrinsic soft kindness She’s precocious and wicked s she was forwarding the pictures to Roan has eh me

It’s an unusual sensation because e I rarely feel

After the photo session, he called again, asked me to put Linnie on the phone, which I did, but she wouldn’t speak I apologized and took the phone back, she crawled into rabbed the phone and put us on a video chat

Froe to Roan as he sat on his private plane being crazy sweet and I hatedhow oblivious he must be to what it is like for the other ninety-nine percent of people that aren’t born with a truckload of sterling silver spoons in every orifice

The bitterness I felt as I smiled back into the caiant marshmallow for Linnie and that should be what matters

Now, it’s pushing ames of chess, both of which I lost in less than ten moves

From there, I decided it was time for me to show her some of a that resembles an elephant with a beak

That last one we created together with her giggling and folding the blue square of paper and I felt so maternal flash inside of e hen I took out the five sponge balls from my backpack

Her wide brown eyes filled onder as I tossed one ball at a tiht it on the way down and threw another, never dropping one until they were allin a circle from my hands into the air in a constant loop

There’s a low hum in the silence of the house now as I tiptoe out of Linnie’s rooh on my phone from her monitors Roan called to make sure I downloaded the app that connected with the security system in the house so I could set the system, move around, and keep an eye on Linnie at the same time

The sound of his voice wrapped itself around o Every deep-throated word is still swi my heart do this weird skip-jump with every beat