In the early morning, I was woken up by Celeste's shouting.She was riding me like a horse and whipping my blanket with a plastic stick."Giddyup! Giddyup! Get up, you lazy pig! I want to go buy a Barbie doll!"Leaning against the doorframe, Tyler said, "Arlene, get up now. It's Christmas, and we promised to take Celeste to the mall to buy gifts."I threw off my blanket and lifted Celeste aside.Just as she was about to throw a tantrum, I pulled out a stack of 100-dollar bills from my bag."Be good, Celeste. I'll take you to buy the most expensive Barbie doll later, okay?"Celeste's eyes instantly went wide, and she reached out to snatch the money.I put the money back and beamed at Tyler and Alison."Alison, Tyler, I thought it through last night. At the end of the day, we're family. It's just a few plastic toys. So what if they're broken? I shouldn't have given Celeste a hard time about it."Alison was putting on her shoes. Hearing this, she paused for a moment, then her fa
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