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Thalia

“Where are you going?” I asked, sitting up straighter as I watched Luciano put on his jacket.

Lucille and I were currently on the couch, going over some of her vocabulary when Luciano went out of the room, all dressed-up.

We decided to have our date in the afternoon because Grandpa Ferri had to attend to something this morning, and there was no one else to take care of Lucille.

“I’m heading to the town to look for something,” he said.

I raised my eyebrows.

“And what might that be?"

“A good restaurant,” he smiled. “I’m also planning on buying some flowers along the way.”

“Can I come with you, daddy?” Lucille asked, bouncing up and down on her seat.

Luciano apologetically smiled as he ruffled her hair. “I’m sorry, princess. You’re just going to get tired since I’ll be walking around. I’ll make sure to buy you some chocolates, though. Is that alright?”

“Hmm,” she nodded her head.

He then went closer to me and placed a kiss on my head.

“My car ran out of gas today,” he sheepishly