Chapter 40
Family
"I don't understand. What's wrong with Cerise's picture?" Daddy asked. I asked that too, but the teacher wanted Daddy here.
"I told the children to draw their families and Cerise added Red Hood with you and her grandmother." She said.
"She's my mommy." I told her again.
"I-" Daddy paused. Mommy was my mommy, "Ceris', we need to talk later, ok?"
"Ok." Was Daddy cranky now? I don't get it.
Then we went home. Daddy talked to Mommy first and we sat at the table, "Cerise, some people wouldn't like if Red was your mommy. They would very bad things so we pretend she's not. But she is and maybe one day people would understand so you do understand?"
"Play pretend?" I asked.
"Yes. Can you do that?" Mommy asked me.
"I guess." I said.