" Thanks dad." "For what?" He asks almost immediately. "For this." I point at the ice cream sitting on my lap. "Tsk tsk." He shakes his head in disbelief. "Just that?" I crack out laughing. " But seriously now." I pull up a serious face. "Thanks for taking us out. I sure needed a breather." "Figured out." He simply answers picking a small pebble from the ground and aims it at the direction where Lodzin is playing with some other kids around the park. "How?" I'm even shocked. He lets out a light chuckle throwing the pebble to a different direction away from the kids. "You're my daughter. I've known you ever since you stepped foot into this so twisted world. Besides, this is the fourth year I've been a mother to you too." He smiles picking up another pebble. The Ice I had already

