“So Dad, my hair?” Vale asks again, pointing to her perfectly styled hair. “I need to leave soon, Hannah will be picking me up in like thirty minutes.”“Have you tried inviting your friend?” I ask, these sleepovers have been around since she started gymnastics and then cheerleading, and she often hosts.Valerie knows which friend I’m talking about, but she decides to play dumb. “My friends are invited, Dad.”“Don’t play coy with me, you know I mean Valerie.”“Ew, no!” she snaps. “It’s just the team. She’s not on it.”“You’re cheer captain, love. I’m pretty sure your word carries, hmm, so invite her.” I urge, but the more I speak, the more disgust morphs into her face. “It’ll be good for you to bond and get to make new friends.”“Do I have to?”“You don’t, darling,” Amelia chimes in. “Vale won’t want to come.”“She should at least ask out of courtesy.”“No, leave it be,” Amelia smiles. “They don’t need to be around each other all the time. They live together, they have school together,
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