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"He is your...he is your...father, your dad sweetie.”

"What? I thought you said he was gone forever and that we could never see him again."

"Well I thought that too but life is crazy and this week is proof." I pulled her in for a hug hoping that I didn’t put in too much emotional trauma for her. "I'm sorry for not saying I know I said no secrets but what do you think of this and of him?"

"At first sad and annoyed but...I kinda wanna meet him. All of my friends at school have dad's and I wanna know what that's like. Is it ok if I get to know him?"

"Of course honey I just have to speak with him first." Which might just end up going terribly and break her heart.

"Thank you but from now on no more lying ok?"

"Ok and that's a promise." I gave her a kiss on her head and took her to bed. After that I went to my room and began texting Luciano to tell him the details of the coffee then I fell asleep.

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The Next Day

I didn't have work today and was