He sipped at his drink before she felt him nod. "You can snuggle, but nothing else, sweetie. I have a feeling you're not going to be like your sister."

"I just want cuddles, Daddy. To sleep in your arms." She paused and sipped at her drink before she added, "Crystal might want it on her eighteenth too. She loves you so much."

"Her father was a piece of shit. I'm glad she's been here for the past few years, so she's at least had a positive male role model and father figure in her life."

Finishing their drinks, her father turned off the television, and made sure the house was...