Chapter 24
Paul was about flipping through channels later that evening, yawning, scratching himself, and trying to find something decent to watch on TV. He could relax a bit for the time being; Mariah had already bathed and dressed the girls for bed earlier (surprisingly, Kira hadn’t put up a battle), so that had been one less thing he had to get done.
He wanted to spend as much time with the girls as he could the next couple of weeks; soon, he would be sending them home for the school year. Kira would begin preschool while Mac would go into second grade. Mac would also need a hair trim and both girls school clothes. He made a note in his PDA to schedule everything as soon as possible.
Mac peeked in. “Papi?”
“Okay if I come in?”
“Of course, baby, just making some arrangements to get stuff done for you girls before school.”
“Yeah, I wanted to talk about that.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Oh?”
“Yeah. You know how you take me to trim my hair right before school?”
“Sure, baby; you get done every couple of months, in fact. Why?”
“I was thinking about something.”
“Do entertain me, because there isn’t anything worthwhile on TV so far.”
“You know how you gave all your hair away to those sick little kids you talked about?”
“Mmmm hmmm.”
“Do you think I can do that too before I start school?”
Paul stared at his older daughter. “You know that’s a big step, don’t you, Mac? Once it’s gone, it takes a long time to grow back to where you have it now?”
Mac nodded. “Uh huh. But I want to help some sick kids have some hair like you did, Papi.”
“You really thought about this, didn’t you?”
“I did. That and I want something that doesn’t make me look like a baby anymore.”
“Mac, you’re only going into second grade, not high school.”
“I know! So can I give my hair? Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?”
“Well, I guess since you’re hell bent on it and it’s a good cause, why not? And it will be easier to fix for school at that. Yeah, why not live a little?”
“Yay!”
“But once it’s done, young lady, I better not hear any whining.”
Mac rolled her eyes. “I’m not going to whine.”
“All righty; I’m holding you to that. Now you need to go to bed. We have to head out early again tomorrow and I already promised Montana I’d make sure she was awake too.”
“Is she going with us?” Mac asked brightly.
“I hope so. We met her family, it’s only right she meets ours.”
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