My alarm went off at 2:30 pm sharp, and I shot up from my work desk."Ms. Chapman, going to pick up your kid already? It's not even time to clock out yet," Zoey Irvin, the new intern, joked.As I packed my bag, I replied, "I have to make an exception today. It's Dottie's first time spending her birthday at the kindergarten, and I've promised her I'd be the first to arrive and pick her up with a strawberry shortcake."I grabbed the cake that I had just bought and felt a wave of regret.For the past few years, my husband, Chester Grant, and I had been working day and night just to pay off the mortgage. We barely spent any time with our daughter, Dorothy Grant. Thus, I took half a day off today to surprise her.Sunflower Kindergarten wasn't far from my office, just two turns down the street. I hummed Dorothy's favorite nursery rhyme as I glided to her. However, when I turned the final corner, I froze.The kindergarten that should've had a rainbow-painted gate was gone. In its place
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