“Why is my middle name Paris?”
Emi watched as her mum and dad immediately turned their attention from the Eiffel Tower and exchanged really weird looks with each other. They didn’t say a word for a while, which made Emi even more curious. She was distracted for a moment, however, by Elia’s excited squeals as she ran around with Maë and Angelo. Now it was just Aunty Daphne looking after them while Emi’s mum and dad just… stared at each other? “Mummy? Daddy?” She waited. “Uhm…” Her dad looked at her, obviously not sure what to say. “Well… when your mum and I got married, we came here for our honeymoon. The house we have here was my wedding gift to her. A total surprise, and we sort of made a new life here… Until we found out that mummy was pregnant with you.” “Oh…” Emi frowned in deep thought. “So you named me Paris because… you like it here? Or because you found out that you were pregnant with me while you were here?” She moved her eyes to her mum now. “Yes,” her mum said a little too quickly. “That’s why.” She smiled, but there was a kind of nervousness behind the smile. It made Emi suspicious. “Well…” Her mummy glanced at her daddy. “Because Paris was the start of our married lives together, even though we were married in New York. And Because you were the start of our family.” Now there was a genuine smile. “Oh why didn’t you just say so?” Emi giggled. “So I made Paris even more special huh?” “Exactly,” her parents said together. Emi beamed. Now she liked the city even more.
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