"Cathy? Can you be a big girl for daddy once? We need to talk to you about something very important." Daddy M asks me after I have come back from my playdate. "I don't want to go back, please. I love it here! I love you guys." My brain automatically decides to assume the worst. Daddy C picks me up and places me on his laps. "It's not that. It's something else." "O.. Kay..?" Please don't let it be something bad. Please. I pray internally. "We were wondering if you see us as your caregivers or your partners... Before you say anything, hear me out. Let me explain. Also, please be 100% sure that you are staying with us, irrespective of your choices., okay? We are only trying to understand each other here, alright? Everything is fine, nothing to worry about." Daddy M's words are as comforti

