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Glancing up, he saw Hazel had left the kitchen to get a closer look “I did”

“Callum, this is too much”

“No, it’s not We’re cooped up in here We’ll all get a kick out of this” The dollhouse had turrets, curving staircases going up three levels and two porches The miniature house had incredible detail, from the exterior Victorian tri to have a blast

Callulance

She looked at her daughter, as ecstatic over the plethora of doll items

“You’re going to spoil her”

He wanted to spoil her After seeing her play with her Barbie and how her iet her one He had asked Patsy to get every piece of furniture she could find and to include the little things, like dishes Patsy had it overnighted fro to ith theht break a few things at her age but she’d have this for years, maybe even into adulthood

It took him a while to set up the dollhouse Evie had all the accessories scattered on the floor behind the house, which she’d already begun to fill with furniture

This is what it would have been like with his daughter, had she lived Calluhts away and went around to the back of the house to help Evie arrange the rooms

She let hi two Barbie dolls

“This is Angie,” Evie said, showing him the doll dressed in a sparkly dress

“She’s pretty, like you”

Evie bea back to her dolls He finished arranging furniture and got out of her way

She instantly dove into playti about going to their new house

He left her to it and went to the kitchen, where Hazel was cleaning up after a day of cooking “What’s for dinner?”