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Six year-old Piper McLean looks down, embarrassed.

She knows she should be grateful that Daddy came. After all, her friend Desdemona's mommy and daddy didn't come.

But all the girls and boys are making googly eyes at her dad, and he's talking about making movies and meeting all these celebrities, and how much fun it is to be a superstar.

Tristan even hands out signed posters, which Piper thinks is a bit much.

And then Piper wonders if this is just a publicity stunt to grow his fanbase.

As if it needs growing.

She turns around in her seat to see a silent photographer snapping pictures of her father smiling with her classmates, but none with her.

She guesses the headline, "Tristan McLean Goes to Daughter's Career Day!" is enough Piper for him.

Whatever. This is Piper's life after all. She couldn't expect her own father to go to her career day without paparazzi.

But is it okay that she expected him to act like a normal day for once? Pretend that, yeah, Hollywood is a great job, but being a father is better?

That's not Tristan, though. That's not how her father acts, so she can't expect him to change dramatically for a dumb school event. That's absolutely ridiculous.

Soon enough, her father thirty-minute explanation of celebrity life is over. The parents are ushered into the cafeteria, their children in tow, for snacks and lunch, and if the parents were willing, they would take their kids out of school for the rest of the day.

Piper smiles and waves her father over, ready to get in line for pizza. Ready for Tristan to prove himself. Prove that this was not a publicity stunt, that he was actually there for his daughter.

Tristan does walk over, which gives Piper faith. But he kisses her head and says. "Sorry, Pipes. Gotta go to the set. I'll see you for dinner though!"

So the whole walking over thing was false hope. The whole career day, father-daughter bonding time was a sham, and was all to get on the cover of a magazine.

Piper can't jump to conclusions, but in her mind there is no other logical explanation.

Grabbing a slice of pizza, Piper plops down next to Desdemona. Both of their parents are epic failures, they might as well sit together.

Piper nibbles her pizza and watches the Rolls Royce pull out of the parking lot and drive away.

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