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Howard and his mother had mistreated her horribly, leaving her timid and withdrawn.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

Then she turned to Keira, her voice

is

raising an

she be fangirling over some actor? You know, like those women who call celebrities their husbands and get their kids to join

everything's a reality show, Erin." Erin crossed

what do you think it is?" Jenkins paused,

made up a better

three of them lingered in silence around Amy until she let

into the bedroom and tucked her into

drooped, Keira hummed a soft

Keira couldn't help but

much of herself

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

Keira would stare out of a

her to search through

found a box of expired crackers, and it

in her room, savoring each piece as

was to grow up and never go

even after earning a stable income, Keira compulsively stockpiled food—bags of rice, boxes

from those dark days was of her mother, Jodie South, playing with Isla. Unlike Poppy, Jodie had been a source of light, a woman full

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

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

lashed out, Keira would imagine Jodie's calm demeanor. Over time, Keira stopped crying when she

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