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The next morning, Daniella drove Sophie to school. The drive to school had become a comforting routine, a pocket of time in which mother and daughter shared silly jokes and favorite songs. The little girl sat in the backseat, swinging her legs, her tiny fingers playing with the hem of her school skirt. There was a thoughtful silence between them, one that Daniella had grown to recognize. Sophie was thinking, which meant questions were coming.

“Mummy?” Sophie’s voice was soft, hesitant, yet filled with the natural curiosity of a child.

“Yes, sweetheart?” Daniella glanced at her through the rearview mirror, offering her a gentle smile.

Sophie hesitated, her little brows furrowed as she toyed with the straps of her backpack. “Who is my daddy?”

Daniella sucked in her breath, she knew sophie would ask the question someday but she never expected it to be so soon. Her hands tightened around the steering wheel as her heart pounded against her ribs. She had always known this moment would come,
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