Taking Care of Daddy

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Ever since Melissa’s mummy’d died, she’d been taking care of her daddy. It was never easy. The first morning of his new temp job with Gimbel City Data it was harder than ever. She couldn’t get him out of their hutch. Her fault, really. She’d put on her prettiest dress so he’d go to work happy. He fuss, fuss, fussed. “You’re pretty as a vid-star.” “No wandering around Gimbel City, huh, precious?” “Wish I could stay home, take care of you.” On and on.

She got him into his jacket. He stood there like a dummy. “We’re doing okay, huh, precious? We’ve seen lots worse.”

They’d surely seen worse. Sometimes between jobs they’d slept on the streets with the didgies till the first paycheck. Not this time.

“Daddy, everything’s perfect. Please, you’ll be late.”

She got him to the hutch door. “You know where our Medisurance card is, in case anything happens to me?”

“Behind Mummy’s photograph. Daddy, it’s almost eight o’clock!”

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