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gotten to meet your father. I have a feeling I was just
introduced anyway." he said. "Through you." "I hope so." I said.
He reached over to pull me closer to him and
kiss my cheek. "Whateve
r you decide. I'll be there
beside you."
"When?" I pursued with some aggression. He laughed.
"Very soon. I promise. My problems will be
over very soon."
Both of us hung on the silence that served as a
period to his statement until the restaurant came back
into view. He waited for me to get into my car and
drive off. promising to call me sometime during the
afternoon the next day.
.
I found my mother hunched over a cup of tea in
the kitchen when I returned. She was in her robe and
her hair was down around her shoulders.
"What's wrong?" I immediately asked. "Nothing, Willow. I just couldn't sleep. so I
made myself a cup of herbal tea. How was your
evening?"
I plopped in the chair across from her. "Everything about it was wonderful, Mother. It
was as romantic a dinner as could be. We had another
special time together, but doing it all in a world of
shadows, hiding, worrying about everyone who sees
us, takes the glitter out of the stars, if you know what I
mean."
"I think I do." she said with a very wide and
deep smile, "I think I have a little understanding about
what you are experiencing."
