"Mmmm. What's that smell?" Chloe asked as she burst into the living room after school. "Wait. Don't tell me." She closed her eyes and took a deep whiff.
Manuelo, the housekeeper-slash-cook was sitting on a chair in the living room. He had been practically a member of the family for years-especially now that Chloe and Riley's parents were separated. Now the girls lived in the de praia, praia house with their mother, while their dad lived in a trailer park nearby.
[Chloe: So why is my father staying in a dinky trailer when Mom, Riley, and I are in a fancy de praia, praia house? Well, Dad explains it like this: He's...
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