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Howard and his mother had mistreated her horribly, leaving her timid and withdrawn.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

she turned to Keira, her voice quiet but

Daddy is

raising an

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

a reality show, Erin."

what do you think it is?" Jenkins

husband was so cruel that your sister made up a better story—said her

The three of them lingered in silence around Amy until

her into the bedroom and

As Amy's eyes drooped, Keira

relax, Keira couldn't help but feel her

reminded her so much of herself at that

harsher. Her father had no affection for her,

in the basement, Keira would stare out of a

her to search

expired

her room, savoring each piece

her only dream was to grow up and never go

income, Keira compulsively stockpiled food—bags of rice, boxes of

those dark days was of her mother, Jodie South, playing with Isla. Unlike Poppy,

once signed up for flight lessons on a whim. Isla had asked her why she dabbled in so many things, and Jodie simply replied, "Because I want to." Isla asked if Jodie was disappointed in

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

Over time, Keira stopped

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