After changing Alice's diaper. She starts breaking out into Black Pink's song Ice Cream.
I smile as I record her little solo.
I tuck her into bed and sing her the lullaby mom used to sing me when I was little.
The night grows dark
As I hold you still
The flower of Glove
Wills in you
Hold me close
And never let go my love
I will always love you
Alice's little snores fill the treehouse, and she snuggles closer to mom's blanket and gramas sweater. I always sleep with my little sweater, that I had when I was a baby three of them for all the people that mean the most to me.
I tuck Alice in tight like a skinny rabbit with a kiss on her forehead. I walk out the door.
I let the heavy curtain fall back into place and then I sit in the doorway. I watch the stars as they begin to appear against the whiteness of the moon.
I crawl back into the treehouse and fall asleep.
I wake up and Alice was staring down at me.
"Dance party." I smile and get my phone up and running music.
We scream and dance to BlackPink and Dove Cameron.
Then we eat lunch and I go swimming in the river while Alices floats on her floating.
I love how I hardly had to pack anything because I planned ahead and brought everything we would need and then some.
Mom used to be my best friend. We always did everything, she even went ice skating with me. We don't really know how she died, dad just told me in a drunken rage, "She got what was coming to her."
I didn't believe him and I knew that he was a monster, so stayed a month at Brices, and then Slice wanted to go home and sleep with shee bee, which is what we named her Powergirl rocker.
So we went back and then dad kept threatening me that he would kill me in front of Alice if I didn't make his food before he got home. So I started doing that, until one night I miss the time and that's when he started the abuse.
I snuck ut that night with five packed bags with most of Alices and my clothes along with mom's stuff and brought it over to the treehouse. Were I put everything together to make it feel like home.
I added lanterns and other beautiful decorations to make it magical too.