A Love Trap

Fabio looked at Dany with interest.

She, however, was not as interested as he was.

She only wanted to be with Ashley. Even just sitting around without doing or saying anything sounded nice enough.

She liked being in Ashley's company.

Every now and then, she watched Fabio and Richard as all three of them played together. For a second, she opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

She had decided to play with them for a while, seeing that it was still early.

After spending some time with them, she couldn't take it anymore. Finally, she asked, "Where's your mommy, Fabio?"

'How I wish I could just call her Mommy, ' she thought.

She knew, however, that it wasn't possible at the moment.

Ashley was Fabio's mother, not hers.

She couldn't call her that for the time being.

"Mommy should be in the study right now. Why? What's up, Dany?" Fabio inquired.

"It's nothing. I was just wondering," Dany said innocently.

The conversation continued, and it eventually bored her.

Suddenly, the door swung open, and a man with gray hair, who appeared to be around seventy years of age, entered the room. Interestingly, he looked like he had the energy of a younger man.

Upon seeing the older gentleman, Fabio and Richard immediately stood up and ran toward him. They addressed him as their great grandpa.

"Good boys," Chant said.

He held the children's hands.

Playing with Fabio and Richard was Chant's favorite thing to do.

As he was playing with the children, he noticed Dany sitting close to them. He was intrigued.

However, before he could even think of what to say to the little girl, Fabio took him by the hand and dragged him toward Dany. "Great Grandpa, this is a friend I made in kindergarten. Her name's Dany."

turned to

him Great Grandpa, too," he said.

Grandpa," repeated

girl," Chant told her. Immediately,

and joined them. At last, she was done with her work.

Richard had left to do his homework, but Fabio and Dany remained in the

they all sat together, Dany kept stealing

tried to be very careful, but Ashley

you miss

the little

miss Cayn a little, she preferred being with

to think

adopted daughter of five years would reject him like

and smiled. "It's okay. If you miss them, you can tell me. I will drive you

stay a little longer," Dany

"Okay."

she

gotten home, couldn't help feeling disappointed.

arrived, he headed toward

her in his arms as

When he was about to sit down, he found that the

while a little girl he did

this little girl?' Andrew

fixed

her for long,

in his ear, "What are you

how Andrew's eyes looked. She knew that

just a kid.

asked,

to do in the company today, so I came home early. I picked up the two

talked to Andrew, Dany raised her head and looked carefully at the

just

Dany had an idea of how he

looked cold and calculating, and he had a

exact opposite of her own charming dad.

like Daddy?' she asked