They walked hand-in-hand to the park, located two blacks away from Cameron's flat.
While they were playing on the swing, Alice asked: "Aunt Allison? Can we play Hide & Seek?"
"Sure," said Allison "One . . . Two . . . Three . . ."
By the time Allison was on 'twenty', Alice had already walked around the park until she saw something, or in this case, someone.
Alice ran over to Chase.
"Hi!" She said to him
Chase looked down at the little girl in front of him.
'Looks almost like Allison. . . ' He thought.
He kneeled down, "Hi, what's your name?"
"My name is Alice, and yours is Robert," She said proudly
Robert took a step back. He didn't know this girl, because the last time he'd had a patient this young was months ago, a blond boy with a sudden case of MS.
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By now Allison had finished counting to one hundred, and Alice was no where to be found.
"Alice!" She yelled, hoping that her niece would come out of hiding.
Then she spotted her, talking to someone with blond shaggy hair.
'Alice is smart, smart enough to know you don't talk to strangers, so', Allison thought, 'he must have tricked her.'
"Alice!" She said running towards her.
"Aunt Allie!" said Alice, as she jumped into Allison's arms.
She then looked at the person in front of her, who had avidly been keeping a conversation with Alice.
Her eyes widened in surprise.
"Chase!" she said as she put Alice down.
"No," her niece corrected "his name is Robert,"
"Hi Cameron," Said Chase with a smile, "I didn't know you were here,"
"Umm, yeah, I'm taking care of my niece for the month,"
"Aunt Allie? Can Robert come to dinner with us?" Asked Alice, with puppy dog eyes
'Is my own niece setting me up for a date?' Cameron wondered.
"Umm, well," she stammered "If he wants to,"
Not meeting his eyes, she waited for his response.
"Sure, I'd love that," he responded
'Any excuse to be with Allison is one I'll take.' He agreed silently.