BROKEN

DADDY'S GIRL

Daddy
My first love
My forever hero

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"I'm Poppa's favorite child"... I remembered arguing with my little solders.

As the only girl,my poppa loved me very much. He gave me everything and showered me with so much. My brothers and i would argue a lot on whom he loved the most. Poppa never hit me,don't remember him ever doing that,he rarely scold me too

" Okay,if you insist,let's ask daddy whom he loves most" said Francis,our second son.
"Is stupid asking poppa,we all know what his answer will be" I said to them.
"Tamara if you think that daddy loves you more than all of us and that you are his favorite, why are you scared of asking him?" My brother Shed said.

Shed is the first son. He is the meanest. He was born two years after me,but he seems more dominant than i am.

Our second son Francis,is the coolest and kindest. His greatest desire is to be a catholic priest. He doesn't talk much though,i am more attached to him than my other siblings,maybe because we have a striking resemblance.

Stephen is the last child and the third son. He is the most quiet one,he is kind and cool too. He doesn't talk much and he avoids fight the best way he could. Unlike me,I'd fight with everybody and everything when angry.

My brothers all are the  opposite of myself
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"Poppa,is true that am your most loved and favorite daughter right?" I finally agreed to ask my poppa.

He smiled at me and just kissed my forehead without missing to give me a hug.
"Poppa,will u please answer us?" I insisted when I noticed that he was trying to sway my question with that little show of affection.
"Tamara,let your father be. Can't you see that we are trying to have a conservation?" Asked Momma
"And what sort of question is that?...Your father loves you all equally,he has no reserved love for anyone"
"No Momma,he loves me more. Right Poppa?" I asked my Poppa and looked up at him with the look of a lost child, seeking for a little assurance.

Smiling at me,my Poppa patted my hair and said
"Tam,i love you all equally okay, i love you just as much as i love your brothers,no reserved love for anyone" And yes my ego was badly hurt
"But yes of course Tammy,you are my favorite daughter. Or do i have another baby girl other than you?"
"No Poppa"

And that really made me happy,because behind those words i could actually read in between the lines and those words alone gave me the hidden answer to my question.