i can feel it , i say as he heads toward the bathroom . i pick her up and set her down on the top of the slide . within moments she 'd forgot all about the clover and had her eyes crushed shut as she twisted her head back and forth on the ground . we will live as a father and a daughter , that is , until i turn eighteen . he takes her hand without thinking and kisses the back of it . she shivered as she pressed deeper into the soft leather of her seat . 