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he sat beside their bed.
“Girls,” he said gently. “Daddy has something to say.”
No response.
“Miss Elena is coming back. Daddy found her. Daddy apologized. She’s going to come back. And Daddy is going to be here too.”
Lucia turned her head.
“Really?”
The hope in that one word almost shattered him.
“Really, sweetheart.”
When Elena returned, the girls ran to continue reading …
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