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you right away and making you sit down and listen to me. We wasted precious time we can't get back," he stated. "I am terribly sorry, and if your Mom was here, she'd be mad at both of us," he said with a grin.
    "Yes, she would!"
    I think we need to start over now and forgive each other and move forward."
    "I would like that." She nodded in agreement.
    "I don't know how else to say this, Katy, so I'm going to be blunt. I will always carry your Mother in my heart; I loved her. But, Jenna is my wife now, and I do love her. I expect you to give her a chance. She is one very special woman."
    "I expect the same of you with Craig!" Katy Nadine said just as emphatically.
    "He seems like a good man. He loves you," Will stated, smiling at her.
    "And Jenna loves you, too. She worked so hard to defend me because she knew I was your daughter; even though she'd never met me before. That alone tells me what a wonderful person she is."
    "She is a brilliant lawyer, too," he agreed.
    "Does she have children?"
    "No. This is her first marriage, and neither of us anticipate having children. She loves her career, and she's worked hard to earn her position in the law firm she partners in."
    "I haven't told Craig yet, Daddy, but I am carrying our first child," she said with a watery smile. "I would love it if you would be a Granddad to him or her."
    "I would love that, too, sweetheart!" Will hugged her tightly, amazed she would tell him before she told her husband. "You make sure you tell Craig tonight. You two have a lot to celebrate... No drinking, however," he added firmly.
    Katy Nadine laughed. "I promise, Daddy. No drinking."
    "I am going to expect you and Craig to come and spend a weekend with Jenna and me very soon. We have a lot of catching up to do."
    "And you will have to come up here, too. Our home isn't fancy, but it is nice, and we do have a guest room. Craig is fantastic on the grill, and I make a good salad," she said happily.
    "We'll plan something very soon, sweetheart." He pulled her close and simply enjoyed hugging her. "Katy, you and I will butt heads sometimes. Your Mom isn't here to step in and stop that, but I want you to learn one thing from this experience... I will always come when you need me. You are my little girl, and I will always love you unconditionally."

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    "I really don't feel like driving home today, Will," Jenna said with a pout as they drove back to the hotel. "I'd like to stay one more night and drive home tomorrow." After she soaked in a hot tub a couple of times, and used something to take away the soreness of her backside.
    "Jenna, you are going to follow me home just as soon as we get packed up. We have a serious matter to discuss when we get home, and I can guarantee you would rather be home than here and have to drive home tomorrow when sitting is going to be even more of a problem than it is now."
    "What? Why? I haven't done anything!" She was clearly shocked.
    "You knew it was Katy you were defending and you withheld that from me."
    "I didn't know how you would react, and I needed to be able to concentrate on her case. I didn't want you fussing and butting in and making things more difficult."
    "I had every right to know, Jenna. I want you to think about that while we are on our way home. I'm going to punish you for what I consider disloyalty."
    "No!"
    "It won't do any good to argue with me, Jenna. I am seriously upset with you for not telling me the minute you knew the truth."
    "You can't have it both ways, Buster! I asked you about Katy several times, and each time you clammed up and said it wasn't up for discussion. And now you're all pissed off because I didn't bring her up to you again? Forget it. I was not disloyal; I defended her, didn't I?" She turned her back to him, afraid she was going to cry! "Sometimes you are so arrogant it is unbelievable."
    "How would you feel if the situation were reversed?" Will demanded.
    "If the situation were reversed, I wouldn't have been so damned pigheaded