Amy immediately pointed to the TV and said, "Daddy!" Everyone turned to look at the screen, but the broadcast had already shifted.

There was no trace of Monbatten anymore.

Amy scanned the TV anxiously, flipping channels with the remote.

After a few moments, she plopped onto the floor in disappointment.

Keira walked over and scooped her up.

"Missing Daddy?" "Daddy!" Amy replied with a firm nod.

At just three years old, Amy had been through so much.

Howard and his mother had mistreated her horribly, leaving her timid and withdrawn.

Only recently, after living in a loving home with Keira and Lewis, had she started to blossom. Even so, she often struggled to express herself.

Now, clutching the remote tightly, she jabbed a finger toward the TV in frustration.

"Daddy!" The screen switched to a news anchor, and Keira couldn't help but chuckle. "Do you think he's handsome? Is that why you're calling him Daddy?" "No!" Amy protested, her little face scrunched in frustration. "Not him! Daddy is in the TV!" Keira brushed a hand over Amy's hair.

"Alright, sweetie.

Next time you see him, point him out to me, okay?" Amy sighed, defeated.

to Keira,

Daddy is in the TV."

approached, raising

sister told her? Could she be fangirling over some actor? You know, like those women who call celebrities their

reality show, Erin." Erin crossed her

think it

made up

of them lingered in silence around

her into the bedroom and tucked her into

eyes drooped, Keira hummed a

little girl relax, Keira couldn't help but feel

much of

life had been even harsher. Her father had no affection for

in the basement, Keira would stare out of a small

her

of expired crackers,

savoring each piece as

dream was to grow up and

Keira compulsively stockpiled food—bags of rice, boxes of

Jodie South, playing with Isla. Unlike Poppy, Jodie had been a

for flight lessons on a whim. Isla had asked her why she dabbled in

didn't have good grades when I was young." Jodie's

Keira stopped crying

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