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ou okay?" He as

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ang the songs they knew

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d my eyes on the large wo

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e!" Scream

d a surprise in store for us!

irls' hands as the f

ffice doors, Theo replied,

tudents stood in lines

he continued as Theo and I shook hands, "You were a li

o, "He waited for them

ace the singular Daniel Lia

ve them both hugs as they bot

do you know him?"

fed her hair. "He came to school, and he

responded, and then he did something that stopped me in my tracks: he kiss

ying "hello, Lilian

ight?" H

l remember me," before taking both of the girls' hand

ut-," but Theo shook his

r kid, so you know nothing wi

ed, "How d

, "The girl

She may not be biologically my child, but who cares? Theo muttered

no, I

did anything to Lilian or Ava, you will regret

ispered as he nodd

emed enormous in age came, and I realized who he was right away. Daniel and Thomas had arr

Dan's father,

ted him as "Mr. Liam," bu

you in seven years, he remarked, adding tha

ked, "Ava, look, this is my father, Benjamin."

his is Uncle Theo and my best friend

?" Benjamin sa

nd Ava resembled her father, Ava

min stated, "Hello Ava, you are prett

to talk," before they both

nds and said, "

to do this all over

shed everything for Ava alone! When Theo remarked, "He is the Daniel Liam," I nodded, a

You know his fat

ou for six years and nine months of pregnancy? Do I need to tell him this? And how would Ava feel knowing that I had been lying to her all

d see he had run his hands through it several

ssible to breathe as I s