I look at Wanda, smiling a little. Rose's emotional well-being is hardly of interest to me. Her development, however, is.
"I appreciate you are speaking as her mother, Wanda," I say gently, in Tanwen's sweet girlish voice. "She loves you very much, and you love her very much. She'll adjust to knowing that her father isn't like other fathers. She has Kent now to play the daddy role you always wanted me to fulfil. But as she grows, she will seem more and more like my child. I would suggest you don't try to keep us apart." I lean in and kiss Wanda's cheek. "When you go upstairs, you'll find Rose's dresser is full of pretty things for a little girl. She won't stay a baby for long."
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Date: 2013-06-29 11:35 pm (UTC)"I appreciate you are speaking as her mother, Wanda," I say gently, in Tanwen's sweet girlish voice. "She loves you very much, and you love her very much. She'll adjust to knowing that her father isn't like other fathers. She has Kent now to play the daddy role you always wanted me to fulfil. But as she grows, she will seem more and more like my child. I would suggest you don't try to keep us apart." I lean in and kiss Wanda's cheek. "When you go upstairs, you'll find Rose's dresser is full of pretty things for a little girl. She won't stay a baby for long."
I head towards the door, and look back at her.
"Thanks for the tea," I say, and am gone.