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Tanya snorts and bends to pick up her purse from where she placed in on the floor.
“Where’s Kayla?”
“Since we haven’t sold the apartment yet, I told her she could stay there this weekend as long as she pulls her weight as a best friend tomorrow during the dinner.”
She starts to walk over to the dining table, but I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her to me, kissing her softly on the lips.
“I missed you. I got used to seeing you for a whole week.”
Her smile is soft as she wraps her arms around my neck, her purse bumping my back.
“I missed you too. My bed has been lonely.”
Groaning, I bury my face in her neck and just breathe her in.
A muffled little voice makes us laugh and pull apart.
“Are you done?!”
Tanya walks over to the table and sets her purse down.
“Almost!”
I lean back on the table and cross my arms.
“So, what are we doing to tell her?”
She pulls a small box out of her purse and places it on the table, gesturing with her hands toward it.
“This. I looked it up on Pinterest and got the idea. Inside of it is a pink and blue cupcake with a little sign on it that says Best Big Sister and confetti around it, and I got a card that says, ‘promoted to big sister,’ and I figure you can write something in it for us both.”
She pulls the card out and hands it to me. It’s a cute little pink card, the front says Promoted to Big Sister, like Tanya said, and when you open it, there is a sweet cartoon picture of a little girl holding the hand of a baby.
I grab a pen I can see sticking out of her purse and sit down to write in it.
Sophia,
You are going to be the best big sister. There is no one like you, and Mommy and Daddy will always love you so much.
Love, Daddy and Mommy
Tanya reads it over my shoulder and nods.
“Okay, ready?”
She nods and sets the box and card on the table in front of one of the chairs while I call out to Soph.
“Come on out, Soph!”
The door to her bedroom flies open, and she comes tearing through the apartment. I point her to the chair, and she sits, bouncing while she waits for us to give her the go ahead to open the box.
“Go ahead.”
She snatches the box first, and Tanya has to show her how to open it. Her brows furrow at the cupcake.
“Best Big Sister? I’m not a big sister?”
Before either of us can respond, her eyes light up.
