“We family?” Suddenly she looked more like the girl who got off the van a few days earlier. “We ain’t family, Ms. Tee, now you ain’t gotta say alladat!” “Alla-what? We are family! We are here to take care of each other. You will meet people here that you will know for the rest of your life.” “But families is supposed to take care of you and feed you and … loooove you, no matter what!” I stopped what I was doing, got real close to her face, and cupped her cheeks in my hands. “You don’t think I love you, Heaven,” I said, locking eyes with hers. She looked like her little milk chocolate cheeks
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