Once outside, she slips her hand into mine and beams up at me. I don’t know if that’s normal for kids to do since I’ve never spent time with any, but I’m surprised at how good it makes me feel. This tiny thing I just barely met is trusting me, counting on me to keep her safe in a place she doesn’t know anything about. I don’t know if Dad and Laura will work out, but I know, in this moment, that I’ll always be there for Vivi. Someone’s got to look out for her, and it sure as shit ain’t her mom. That bitch moved her child in with a man she’d never even met in real life. How fucking stupid can
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