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And I need something for the bake sale this afternoon," she added.
"What bake sale?"
Another eye roll, accompanied by a foot stomp. "Daddy! The fundraiser for the eighth grade trip to Washington, DC! I've told you about a hundred times."
I jumped off the bed and hitched up my flannel pajama pants. "Eighth grade! What the fuck, Millie, you're only in sixth. That trip is two years away--no wonder I filed that under Forget This Immediately." I went over to my dresser and grabbed a USMC sweatshirt, pulling it on over my T-shirt.
That earned me a heavy sigh. "That's a dollar in the jar, Dad."
"No, it's not! I was only at fifty cents."
"The F word is a whole dollar, Daddy," Felicity informed me.
"Oh, right." I paused. "You know what? It's worth it.
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