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Howard and his mother had mistreated her horribly, leaving her timid and withdrawn.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

Keira, her voice quiet but

Daddy is in

raising an

some actor? You know, like those women who call celebrities their husbands and get their kids to join in?" Jenkins rolled his

a reality show, Erin."

think it is?" Jenkins paused,

up a better story—said her

in silence around Amy

bedroom and tucked

eyes drooped, Keira hummed

couldn't help

her so much of herself at that

been even harsher. Her father had no affection for her, and Poppy

would stare out of a small

had driven her

once found a box of expired

them in her room, savoring each

her only dream was to grow up and

after earning a stable income, Keira compulsively stockpiled food—bags

South, playing with Isla. Unlike Poppy, Jodie had been a source of light, a woman

flight lessons on a whim. Isla had asked her why she dabbled in so many things, and Jodie

have good grades when I was young." Jodie's words and actions

Keira stopped crying when she was hit. Crying didn't solve problems; Jodie had

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