A Home After All
The car pulled into our apartment complex and rolled into its parking spot.
Mom carried the cake box. Dad carefully held the Barbie doll.
They smiled as they went upstairs, whispering about how they would surprise me.
I followed them through the lobby, the elevator, the hallway, and finally through our front door.
The living room lights came on.
"Lily, we're home," Mom called, her voice bright. "Look what Mom and Dad got you!"
No one answered.
Dad placed the Barbie doll on the coffee table, right beside the cracked old one.
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