“Gingerly, Daniel reached toward the infant. "What if she doesn't like me?""She'll spit acid in your eye and you'll die a horrible death," Kara joked.”

Jacqueline Diamond

Jacqueline Diamond - “Gingerly, Daniel reached toward...” 1

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