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that morning. If we didn’t get moving so

I was acting as a father to. “We have to get

the spot with my impatience. I didn’t have time to wait a minute. I needed her o

Shit! That

had left for Winnie on the kitchen counter, and I thanked God th

ough, a couple of seconds later, I heard little footsteps thundering down th

he two of us hurried out to the car as I patted down m

minded me, smiling in my direction

se I wouldn’t need you to remind me,” I told her, an

our lunch?” she ask

said. “I’m going to go out

come wi

nd back in time,” I replied apologetically. “But when you get

s when she looked so much like my sister, her mother, that I found myself caught off guard. It was like th

as to kick this morning off with another wave of the grief that had ruled me for so long. I was just getting to the stag

I’m going to do one with a frog on the front. She likes fr

smile. She had such a passion for life, and it made me so happy t

ool gates and leaned through the

you up after school, a

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replied. “You

t ice cream,” she

me to do whatever it was she wanted, even though I knew I should have b

just where she wanted me. She gave me a quick hug and darted

serious I was about this. I wanted to get there, settle in, and actually get some work done. I had been so distracted last week, struggling to keep my shit toge

main part of the company was, anyway. This was where all the heads of department hung out, where we worked to make sure the pie

en really swollen to the all-consuming state it was in now, and he had set our family up for life with some amazing investments and by working with some talented up-and-comers. I h

that I met her that I wanted her working alongside me as much as I possibly could. She was passionate, dedicated, and intelligent—everything that I want