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[circusoffools]

Syracuse was fishing fewer hours in the last two weeks. He was catching enough, still, to provide his quota to Kate and the fancy restaurant and some for Ruby, too, but he would moor his boat a half-hour before Annie was due to get out of school and he'd be waiting outside the school for his daughter when she got out. He wasn't paranoid, mind. He

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[notyour_queen]

Gorgo had been sitting at a bench by the playground for quite some time. She had noticed the man arrive and stay, looking very patient as he sat there.

She decided to approach, smiling, giving him a nod. "Good day," she greeted, standing before him as he sat on the table. "Are you waiting for your child?" Said as she looked toward the school while she placed a hand on her growing belly.

[circusoffools]

"I am," Syracuse said, terse as he usually was, until he noticed how pregnant she was. He gestured for her to sit. "My daughter."

[notyour_queen]

Gorgo gave him a polite nod before taking a seat at the bench.

"How old is your daughter?" She asked, still with a hint of a smile on her lips.

Such a doting father.

[circusoffools]

"She's eleven," he said, smiling. "And smarter than me." After all, he read, moving his lips.