Chapter 9
“What a small world, Sara,” she said.
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Carl and Bella turned around when they saw I hadn’t caught up.
“Bella!” Tom called out.
He jogged toward us, but Bella clung to Carl’s neck, refusing to let him hold her.
“Hello, Dad.”
In her mind, Carl was her dad, and Tom was just a stranger.
“Sara, did you bring the power bank? Could I borrow it? My phone’s dead,” Isabel asked, smiling at me.
I said I hadn’t brought it.
“I’d love to have a daughter, one as cute as Bella,” she said.
“Mom, let’s race to see who gets to the top of the mountain first,” Bella called out to me.
I agreed and walked past Tom.
Soon, the two people went out of sight.
When we were waiting for the cable car, Tom texted me, explaining that Isabel’s child was conceived through IVF. She had wanted a baby, and he was just helping her out.
Chapter 9
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“As long as you need me.”
I remembered their conversation and couldn’t help but laugh.
Bella asked me why I was laughing.
“I was laughing at something funny.”
“What’s so funny?”
“Well… look, there’s a leaf in Uncle Carl’s hair.”
She pulled the leaf out of his and pouted at me, scolding me for seeing it and not telling him. Then she asked me to apologize to him.
I sighed, “Alright. Carl, I’m sorry.”
Carl smiled, “It’s alright.”
Bella grinned, “The cable car’s here for us!”
The End.
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