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of breath, but I’m laughing with her.
    “That was fun!” Anna exclaims.
    “It was,” I agree.
    Once outside, I debate whether I should drive us to the market, or if we should take the long walk again, but Anna’s already walking ahead, picking daisies from the field of grass in front of the building and she’s decided for us. We’ll be walking again.

Chapter 6
     
     
    It doesn’t take us long to find Rick’s stall this time, he’s right down the middle of the market, just like Anna said.
    “I’m not working at the bar tonight, how about that coffee when I’m packed up?” Rick suggests, looking at me with a hopeful look on his face. It feels good to see him again, I never expected to feel this way about someone I hardly know, but to see the eagerness of wanting to spend more time with me in his eyes makes the butterflies go wild.
    “Sounds like a plan,” I smile at him while I feel a little hand pulling on my sleeve.
    “Can I come too?” Anna asks in a small voice.
    “Of course you can,” I laugh.
    “But I don’t like coffee,” she says, scrunching up her face.
    “I’m sure they have hot chocolate, or something else you’ll like,” Rick laughs, “where do you want to meet up?”
    “How about here? We could come back when you finish.”
    “Are you sure?” I know it’s quite a long walk, especially with her getting distracted by everything,” he says while he smiles at Anna.
    “It’s okay, I have a car,” I smile at him, “I’ll drive here later, I’ll park somewhere behind the church...” before I can finish my sentence, there’s a forceful pull on my sleeve again. “Can we go yet?” Anna asks impatiently.
    Rick looks at her in surprise, “where do you want to go?” and then looks at her sternly, “and don’t be rude. Haven’t I been teaching you manners?”
    “Yes, you have,” she mumbles, looking at the ground and kicking some loose stones with her foot, “Summer promised she’d take me to the pet shop so I can see all the animals.”
    “Oh,” Rick laughs and looks back up to me again, “she woke up in my arms just before we got home last night, it was all she could talk about.”
    I smile at him again, he looks so good when he’s laughing that it’s hard not to, “I guess I better take her then.”
    “Yes please!” Anna shrieks, jumping up and down next to me. Rick and I look at each other and we both laugh, “I guess we’ll see you here later then,” I say to him.”
    “Can’t wait,” he replies with a big grin.
     
    “I’ve got an idea,” I smile at Anna when we make our way back down the market, “what if, instead of going for a coffee with Rick, we make him a nice dinner this evening?”
    “I like that!” Anna chirps.
    “What do you think we should make?”
    “Mac ‘n’ cheese!” she exclaims, “it’s our favourite.”
    “Is it?” I laugh, “do you know how to make it?”
    “It’s very easy,” she nods, “you just have to boil the macaroni and then heat up the packet of sauce. Rick showed me how to do it many times.”
    “What if I show you how to make it from scratch? It’s even nicer that way.”
    Her little face lights up, “I would love to learn how to make it from scratch.”
    I smile at her excited expression, “what if we make it even better? We could have some candles on the table, and wear some nice clothes?”
    “We can’t,” she says, looking at the ground and sounding sad, “I don’t have any nice clothes.”
    “We could find you something at the market, and then go shopping for food after, how does that sound?”
    “Yes please,” she smiles, instantly happy again, “but will we still go to see the animals?”
    “Yes we will,” I smile back at her, “the pet shop is on the same road as the supermarket.”
     
    After trawling through the stalls, we finally come across one that does children’s clothing. Anna picks out a pair of black leggings and a black t-shirt with lots of sparkly sequins and pink palm