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Prompt #28: Children
Word count: 100

"I will never forgive you, Daddy! EVER!"

Gregory sighed as Caitlin stormed from the room and thundered up the stairs. Her blond hair bounced against her back, waving sadly at him as she disappeared to the second floor. He turned to the bar, reaching for the decanter as Olivia coughed discreetly. "I don't want to hear it," he said sharply, dropping an ice cube into the glass.

"She's not a child anymore."

His jaw tightened as he wrapped his hand around the crystal tumbler and brought it to his lips. "I know," he murmured into the well of his glass.