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Chapter 308
My alarm was screaming at me, and | rolled over with a groan. "Please goddess. Letsleep." | cracked open
my eyes. Then, like clockwork, everyone else groaned. | heard a distant ‘please goddess no' and that made me
laugh. There was a soft knock, and | called out. "Yeah?" Thinking it was Toya, | stood and stretched. | turned to
the door to find a small face staring up atand | hurried over. "Hey Carly." | pulled the door wide and crouched
down." Good morning."
She stared atfor a few minutes and | could see tears gathering in her eyes. "Can..." she trailed off and
rubbed her nose on her sleeve.
| reached for her. "What's wrong?"
She worried at her lip for a minute. "Can you helppick out my clothes?"
| smiled softly. "Of course | can." | didn't realize she needed help with this still. | was out of my depth. Almost as if
she read my mind, she sniffled again. "I normally pick my clothes, but." She stopped and wiped her eyes.
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"But what, baby?" | pulled her closer to me. She resisted for a minute before she relaxed against me.
"lI wanna look my best to say goodbye to daddy." She wiped her eyes again. "So, can you help me?"
The words hitlike little slaps. "Of course | can. After we get dressed, we can have breakfast before we go
down to see him, okay?" | looked down at the small girl in my arms. Her tiny princess pajamas were a stark
contrast to her sad little face.
"Okay." She pulled away and grabbed my hand and pulledto her room. We just reached her door when Toya
stepped out of her room.
"Good morning." Toya patted Carly's head. "How about pancakes for breakfast?"
Carly thought for a minute, and then she nodded. "Can we have chocolate chips in them?"
Toya smiled softly. "Of course we can." She looked at me. "Il get breakfast ready. Cdown when you're ready."
| gave her a thankful smile, and we went to pick out her clothes.
We walked into her closet and | could tell she had been in here before coming to get me. Little clothes were
thrown around in piles. "Okay." | got to my knees and started picking through the clothes, refolding them or
hanging them back on to their hangers. "Let's see what you chose so far."
Carly grabbed the smallest pile of clothes. "These are the nicest dresses | have." She handedthe dresses,
pretty pink and white little fluffy things. "But these aren't right."
| nodded. “These are beautiful, but you are right. Not for today." | got to my feet and started to hang everything
up as she pulled drawers out.
"Maybe | have nice pants." She searched through another drawer, and | smiled.
| spotted the box as | hung up the last dress, and | grabbed it down. Carly was still digging in her drawer and | let
her be for a minute. | opened the box to find a frilly black dress with tiny ribbons for her hair and black shoes. A
letter was left on top of the dress, and | swallowed.
"I have nothing good enough." She looked up atwith tears trailing down her face and her lip quivering.
"It's okay." | sat down with the box. "Daddy took care of it for you." Now con over and shut your eyes. She
cover toand she scrunched her face up, closing her eyes, makinglaugh. | pulled off her top and
pulled
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the dress over her head before tugging down her pants off from under it. | grabbed the small black dress socks
and slid them on to her feet, then her shoes. "Wait here and don't open your eyes yet, okay?"
| waited for her to answer. "Okay." | grabbed her hairbrush and two elastics from
her bathroom and rushed back to fix her hair. | pulled her hair into two pigtails and wrapped the black ribbons
around them. There, she was done.
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"You are perfect." | patted her head and stood her in front of her mirror. "Open your eyes." Carly looked at herself
and her little lip poked out. She twirled, and I could tell she felt pretty, but she couldn't be happy right this
minute. | pulled the letter and opened it. "My darling baby girl." | started, and her little eyes snapped to mine. "If
Amy is reading this to you, then I'm gone." A tear fell as she cover to me. “I need you to know, baby girl,
that | am right here with you today, and every day for the rest of your life." | looked at her and opened my arms.
She dove against me. "You look beautiful in your dress, baby. It's okay to think you're pretty even when you're
coming to say goodbye. Love you always, Daddy."
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