She was obviously in poor spirits now, and Roman tried to lighten the mood."Wanna get dinner and maybe go to a movie later? Or would you rather hang out with your friends?" he asked."I don't really have any friends yet," she replied. "At least not that I want to hang out with outside school all that much.""Well I guess you're stuck with me, then."The girl smiled briefly. "I'm not stuck. I like hanging out with you, Dad. You'll remember how much I didn't want to stay with Mom when you guys broke up.""I hope you know how happy that makes me," he told her, forcing himself to make eye contact."Well it makes me happy, too. You were always the one who really took care of me.""And I always will, sweetie. No matter what, I promise."The girl sighed and her mood finally seemed to change a little. "I feel weird," she admitted. "I guess I'm upset about this morning.""I don't blame you. I would be, too.""Are you mad or anything?""Oh, baby, no," her father insisted. "But we really should
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