We Stand at Opposite Ends of Fate

At dinner, my daughter insisted on sitting on her father's lap to eat, after he'd worked hard all day. I coaxed her for a long time, but she wouldn't get down, so I joked, "Come on, get off. Only Daddy's girlfriend gets to sit on Daddy's lap." Her eyes went wide. "I know who Daddy's girlfriend is!" At that, my face flushed. She must have caught me sitting on his lap some other day.