Chapter 1477

Chantelle let go of Janet and smiled. "What if I said I don't know who your daddy is? Would you believe that?" "No," Janet replied with a shake of her head. "Forget it, Mommy. If you don't want to tell me, I won't push you." She had actually sensed that Chantelle didn't want to talk about it. The little girl was sharp—she understood everything. "It's not that I don't want to tell you. It's just… isn't it good enough just being with me? There's no need to know who your daddy is. I can take care of you." Janet nodded twice, then quickly added, "I don't want a daddy, but I think it's too hard for you to take care of me alone. If I had a daddy, he could take care of both of us." At the end of the day, what Janet wanted was a father. Chantelle felt completely at a loss. She had never imagined there would come a day when she would have to bring this up with Janet. All she meant to say today was that she and Patrick had divorced and that Janet would be living with her from now on. She