Daddy's Love

I don't want to talk to daddy. I don't want to talk to Uncle Jay. I want to be alone with my elephant (whose name I still can't decide). I am on the breakfast bar and Uncle Jay is feeding Carol waffles and daddy is trying to feed me. I don't want to eat. I sit there and pout, refusing to open my mouth, even if the waffles look yummy. Daddy let Mr. G take me. I hate daddy. I hate Uncle Jay. They promised they'd be there with me all the time. They were not. Daddy looks miserable. He isn't eating either. Carol is the only one eating.

I just want to sleep, again. Or maybe read. I haven't read anything in three days.

"Open up, Ana. It's been three days since you have had any solid food. Please." daddy implores.

"Not hungwie." I say. That has been my standard response to food for the past three days.

"Chris, why don't you tell Carol the Vampire story that you were telling Ana the other day?" Uncle Jay asks daddy.

"Yyyessss, Pleaseeeee uncle Christian!" Carol says and starts jumping on her high chair.

"Hey Missy, don't you jump and no talking with food in your mouth." Uncle Jay mildly scolds Carol.

Daddy smiles at Carol.

Uncle Jay's Pov

"Once upon a time there was a little girl.... She had a daddy who was a Vampire." Christian starts.

the girls look at him

the mice on her plate. The Vampire daddy said "You need to eat all these mice, my

She eats it.

girl was not hungry; she said "No daddy, no more. I am

Another bite.

His eyes got red. He said " You have to

mouse is not fooooodddd uncle Christian!"

Vampire made their babies have."

a

any. So,

Another bite.

girls look at

girl on

is almost

her hands in one of his....

look like

playfully and we both tickle the babies. They

that she was mad at us and stops laughing. She looks