Who is Candace?
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She is beautiful, 5'3, blonde hair, a heart shaped face and sharp green eyes with a little Asian slant. She has full lips and a little mole on her left cheek. I'm practically feeling like a troll with my glasses and braces. Even the girls from dad's work are prettier, I thought.
"Hi", she says with a small wave. " i'm Henna ", she says offering her right hand for a handshake, I take it reluctantly.
" I'm Missan", I say, letting go of her hand and walking past her, inside.
"Dad!" I called from the living room.
"Hey Miss", dad says leaning on the kitchen's doorframe. " How was school today?" He asks, smiling.
"Dad I need to speak to you. Now." I say, grabbing the staircase and taking the steps one after another, dad already close behind me.
"What did you want to talk about?" His eyes widens in realisation. "Sorry I didn't tell you, she's Henna from work, we just started dating yesterday. I just want to give love another try, darling." He pleads, his eyes going sad.
"It's okay dad, I understand", I say, my hands on his shoulders. He moves to hug me and I let him.
" thanks pumpkin", he says and placed a kiss on my forehead. "Freshen up and come down for dinner, I ordered Chinese", he says, letting her go.
" Okay dad, ten minutes!"
"Outta bed you daisy head, outta bed you..."
"Ugh" I groan, shutting off the alarm. I hate this alarm clock, but it is one of the gifts I got from mom before she passed. I miss mom a lot, but I have to let her rest, just as dad is trying to do, though I don't know how to feel about another woman taking mom's place.
The sound of my phone ringing brings me out of my thoughts, the caller ID is unknown.
"Missy speaking", I say, wondering who it is.
"Hi Missy! It's Raymond"
"Raymond? Ray?" I ask, uncertain.
"The one and only, sis."
"How did you get my..." I didn't finish my sentence.
"Magic!" He says, chortling from the other end. "Tune it down!" I hear someone say from the other end, then a thump and a groan.
"Grandma just hit me with her cane", he tells me.
"Well, we're having a meeting with Candace later in the day after school, so be prepared and...no Crocs"
"But..."
"See ya later", he says and hangs up.
Who is Candace?
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