Ivan trudged through the front door looking almost as exhausted as he felt. The meeting and conference call which had forced him to race back to work had run late enough for the managers to have dinner catered. Yes, they had managed to sort out the last minute contract issues that could have set everything back months. Yes, now they would be getting an even better contract then expected, but Ivan did not like having to return to the office after picking up his daughter from school! Especially on Fridays! That was their father-daughter night. If this emergency meeting had not been absolutely critical he would not have gone. His own boss, also called in for this, had sympathized with Ivan since she had a young family of her own awaiting her at home. Ivan was broken out of his tired internal grumbling by a light little voice.

"Daddy! You're home!"

Ivan smiled a smile that lit up his whole face at the sight of the little girl racing towards him. Her little face was full of excitement and her hair was done up in some kind of adorable braid that swept down along the edge of her hair line to the back where it streamed out behind her in a short trail of waves behind her. He quickly dropped his bag and knelt down with his arms spread. She barreled into his arms and he enveloped her in a hug.

"I thought you might be in bed, little one."

She shook her head and kissed his cheek, saying, "I wanted to wait for you! So we watched Frozen and Ale did my hair! He made us hot sandwiches!"

"There is one left for you, Ivan. We wrapped in up to keep it warm for you."

Ivan stood with his daughter in his arms and smiled at Alejandro gratefully as he came down the hall.

"Thank you for coming to watch her, Alejandro."

"I was happy to, amigo," Alejandro said with a smile before leaning in to give Ivan a soft kiss.

It made Ivan blush and his daughter giggled. He looked at her to find her smiling and playfully covering her eyes.