"You're The Cat in the Hat, Mommy." Mark repeated with a chuckle. "You're The Cat in the Hat, Mommy!" Emily giggled. "Wait, if we're the Things, then who are you?" Mark laughed. Time to eat breakfast." I chuckled, handing the two their plates. "That's my second favorite! Then The Lorax, then All The Places You'll Go, then One Fish, Two Fish-" "I thought your favorite was The Cat in the Hat?" Mark chuckled. "Yeah! Make sure you don’t forgot Horton Hears a Who! That's my favorite!" "You'll still read to me while I'm gone?!" How's that?"Įmily's face lit up like a thousand fireflies. And you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna bring some of your storybooks with me, and every single night while I'm gone, Mommy is gonna Face-Time me and I'll read to you. "Yeah?" Mark gave me a smile, then looked back to Emily. "Yeah.but you gotta go meet all your fans! They're really nice! Sometimes Mommy and I see them at the store or at the park!" "You won't be here for my birthday?" She asked. But I'll be back for your party, okay Sweetie?" "Daddy won't be able to see you on your birthday. He was gonna break the birthday news to her. Daddy has to go away for a little bit to see them, okay? But Mommy's gonna be with you, okay? Also." Shit. "Is it 'cause of the people who watch you on the computer?" "Daddy has to go away?" She asked sadly, her bottom lip quivering. "Daddy has to go away for a while, okay?" He said softly, looking into Emily's brown eyes. "Um." Mark started, and his eyes were saying that he didn't want to say it. "Yeah, Daddy?" She gave Mark a huge smile that I could tell warmed his heart. He was gonna tell her that he couldn't make her birthday, wasn't he? "Emily? Mommy and I have to tell you something." Mark said to Emily as they sat at the table while I cooked breakfast. "I'm not gonna be there on her big day, and I don't feel like that's good enough to just show up on the day of her party."
"I know, Sweetie.but we'll still have her party and a bunch of people will be there-"
I just know it’s gonna break Mark’s heart to not be there on her big day. Sure, we're gonna have the party when Mark gets back because Jack, Gab, Tyler, Ethan, Bob, Katherine, Molly, Amy, Wade, along with Matt and Steph with Ollie, are gonna be there. It was probably soul-crushing for him to not be there for his daughter's birthday. Emily, our 5 year old daughter, has her birthday soon and Mark has PAX in three days and he'll be gone for a while, and he's gonna get back the day after her birthday. "I just know she'd be so upset to see me go, and especially when I'll be gone for her birthday." "PAX is coming up and I don't wanna have to leave Emily." He said. "What's the matter, Baby? You normally sleep like a rock." I ran my hand through his hair, and he closed his eyes as I did so. "Yeah, I'm up, Mark." I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and sat up. "I know it's one in the morning, but I can't sleep." He admitted. "(Y/n)? Are you up?" I heard Mark ask gently from next to me.
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