she paused, looked at me seriously, and added, “But next time,

…she paused, looked at me seriously, and added,
“But next time, can we do it without you checking your phone so much?”

I froze, smile fading slightly. She snuggled in closer, already drifting off to sleep, unaware of the quiet thunderclap she’d just dropped on my heart.

That night, I lay awake thinking—not about work, or tomorrow’s to-do list, but about how the best gift I could give her was not wrapped in paper or hidden in a store…
It was my presence. My full, undivided presence.

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