" You're a nice man Frank Saunders," and she kissed me tenderly.Poppy arrived like a whirlwind and grabbed my hand, "Come and look at my bedroom daddy..., mummy sometimes let's me have tea parties up here, me and my dollies."I spent a delightful hour with my daughter and her dolls, something I never thought I'd live to do, then I watched her stifle a yawn, "Come on Princess." I smiled. "I'll fetch mummy to get you undressed for bed." Let daddy do it," said a voice behind me and my wife reached. . and I thought you cared for me. Isn't life full of surprises?" Didn't Trebo tell you? I do care for you, Pilar. When my father ordered me to break the engagement, I was crestfallen."Pilar almost laughed. He had been so crestfallen that he had to console himself with one of Pilar's former friends. She put a pout on her lips, though."How do you think I felt? First you dumped me, then my father abandoned us. For weeks, we lived with the Elderman Brugar and then, of all people, my little sister. I remember money being very tight that summer, dad had been laid off about five months and it had been real hard for him to fine work. Up until this time my dad had always been the bread winner for his family. The fact that my mom had to go out and get a job for the first time in their eighteen year old marriage had put a strain on their marriage. It was during this time that I begin to spend more of my time with my dad, mom and I agreed that he needed me, and that it was my duty to make sure. After dinner we drifted into the living room and the way we distributed ourselves was quite telling. Mom went to one end of a comfortable sofa, Dad went to an easy chair, I sat down next to Mom and Wynter sat on the arm of her father's chair. We all began chatting and the conversation was flowing well. There seemed to be no acrimony at all.Then I put my arm around Mom, and cuddled closer. She put her hand on my thigh and began to rub it. At the same time Wynter moved and sat in her Daddy's lap..