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“I feel… like the best version of myself,” I said, echoing my daughter’s words.
“Then we’re starting off right,” he said, his smile deepening.
Her arms wrapped around my waist without a word, and she pressed her cheek into my side.
The laughter and clink of glasses blurred behind us. Lily held on like she needed proof I was real. I held her back just as tight.
Later that night, after the last guest had gone and Lily was asleep, Daniel and I stood barefoot in the kitchen.
“I keep thinking about her face,” he said quietly.
“Like hurting a child was just… reasonable.”
I wrapped my cardigan tighter.
“She wanted to ruin today.
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