COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A military father came home a week early and surprised his daughter in her classroom at a South Carolina high school.
Sgt. Carlos Solis had been deployed in Kuwait for nine months. The single parent asked his sister to live with his daughter, Solymar. Melendez arrived home a week earlier than his daughter expected so he and his sister came up with a plan to surprise her.
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He brought flowers and balloons into a classroom at Spring Valley High School and sat down at a desk in an attempt to blend in with the other students.
When Solymar walked in, she was overcome with emotion and immediately began crying.
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"She didn't talk. She was just crying," Solis told ABC News. "She was overwhelmed with everything. She thought it was a dream."
Solis said he looks forward to father-daughter time with Solymar now that he's back.
ABC News contributed to this report.