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Gabrielle
“Are you coming out for lunch? We’re going to the coffee house—it’s a Brooke and Kiki tradition.”
With Colt back at work, Brooke had come over to spend the day with Kiki. They were meant to be doing crafts, but so far, the only thing they’d made was a mess.
“If I clean up, I get a donut,” Kiki told me.
“But you haven’t cleaned up.”
She had paint on her clothes, glitter in her hair, and I wasn’t sure what she’d used to decorate her eyebrows, but it didn’t look as if it was coming off in a hurry.
“We work on the honour system,” Brooke said. “If she doesn’t clean up today, she doesn’t get a donut next time.”
“I already earned today’s donut, but you can share it if you want.”
Kiki really was the sweetest girl.
“Thank you, but I need to stay here today.”
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