June 23, 2024, 06:35 PM
A soft little sigh escaped him at this. She was so much like her mother.
"I got a hard time believing that," he admitted to her, but his tone suggested — reluctantly — that he would try. He wanted his daughters to be confident in their own minds, and so he did not want to challenge this assertion. He hoped that she would do it herself, however.
His head dipped; he nosed at her cheek.
"If I promise not to get angry and to listen real well, do you think you could tell me what you and your cousin were talkin' about?" he asked her. "I didn't hear all that much, but I know it made your momma real upset. Maybe if we work together, we can figure out why cousin and anaa were so upset."
"I got a hard time believing that," he admitted to her, but his tone suggested — reluctantly — that he would try. He wanted his daughters to be confident in their own minds, and so he did not want to challenge this assertion. He hoped that she would do it herself, however.
His head dipped; he nosed at her cheek.
"If I promise not to get angry and to listen real well, do you think you could tell me what you and your cousin were talkin' about?" he asked her. "I didn't hear all that much, but I know it made your momma real upset. Maybe if we work together, we can figure out why cousin and anaa were so upset."
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