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Daddy Next Door
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“Girls, if you’ve finished eating, go wash up and I’ll put on the movie I was telling you about earlier.”
The room cleared almost instantly.
“That must be some movie,” he commented.
“It’s about a circus. An old Doris Day movie that I loved as a child.”
“I remember that one. It was good.”
“Yes. Now, show me the picture.”
And leave. They were words she left unspoken, but Nick heard them.
Without wasting any more time he opened the album and showed her several pictures of him and his family, including his aunt Grace.
Jennifer went over them with a shrewd eye. “I’m not sure that’s really her. It could just be someone who looks like her.”
With a sigh, he said, “We could go visit her in the assisted-living facility. Would that convince you?”
“Yes, but I can’t leave the kids.”
“You don’t have someone who could baby-sit them?”
“No.”
“Not even a friend who could watch them just for an hour?”
She closed her eyes and he gave her time to think over her friends.
“Maybe, but not tonight. I could try to get someone to look after them tomorrow for a little while.”
“Well, if you’ll let me stay in the apartment tonight, then we’ll go visit Grace tomorrow.”
“I suppose so…”
“Are you going to stay and watch the movie with us?” Missy asked Nick as she returned from washing up.
“I’m sorry, sweetie, but I don’t think I can. I haven’t been invited.”
The room cleared almost instantly.
“That must be some movie,” he commented.
“It’s about a circus. An old Doris Day movie that I loved as a child.”
“I remember that one. It was good.”
“Yes. Now, show me the picture.”
And leave. They were words she left unspoken, but Nick heard them.
Without wasting any more time he opened the album and showed her several pictures of him and his family, including his aunt Grace.
Jennifer went over them with a shrewd eye. “I’m not sure that’s really her. It could just be someone who looks like her.”
With a sigh, he said, “We could go visit her in the assisted-living facility. Would that convince you?”
“Yes, but I can’t leave the kids.”
“You don’t have someone who could baby-sit them?”
“No.”
“Not even a friend who could watch them just for an hour?”
She closed her eyes and he gave her time to think over her friends.
“Maybe, but not tonight. I could try to get someone to look after them tomorrow for a little while.”
“Well, if you’ll let me stay in the apartment tonight, then we’ll go visit Grace tomorrow.”
“I suppose so…”
“Are you going to stay and watch the movie with us?” Missy asked Nick as she returned from washing up.
“I’m sorry, sweetie, but I don’t think I can. I haven’t been invited.”
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