‘Where is your wife, sir?’ Cameron’s features hardened. ‘She has run off with her lover — that joke of a French count. The father of the bab...y I had thought was mine.’ Heather was sorry she had asked. ‘I am sorry, sir. I did not know. Forgive me for asking.’ He smiled again. ‘I think you know why I asked you to dance, Heather.’ ‘No, I’m sure I don’t, your Grace. Perhaps you could elaborate.’ ‘Darling Heather, I have heard of your escapades with the male sex.’ Heather paled. ‘Whatever you have. Though I had heard of artists being left out of the awards for onereason or another, I felt it unlikely that would happen to me. At least Ihoped it wouldn't happen to me.After dinner I made my way into Sarah's room where I planned to watch theGrammy nominations. There was some kind of small nominations concert onthis evening, and I intended to watch all of it.When the doorbell rang the first time I thought nothing of it and wasn'tsurprised to see Emily and Ethan come into the room to join me.. I put the bat down and went back upstairs. Leelee was sitting on her bed, silent and forlorn. When I appeared in her doorway, she looked up at me with empty eyes. “Honey, “ I began.“What, Dad?” I was startled. She’d never called me dad, always daddy. “You caught me with a boy. Big deal. Something else I did wrong that you can be mad at me for.”She turned away from me and my heart crumbled.“Baby,” I said hoarsely. I wend to the bed and sat down beside her. “Baby girl, I’m not mad at you.” I put. ", sagte sie genervt und schob ihren Vater mit aller Kraft an, auf das er doch endlich gehen würde."Hey, wenn du willst, dass ich gehe, dann gehe ich eben. Kein Problem.", sagte er und tat so als ob er einfach gehen würde. "Nein!!! Warte!!", rief sie und klammerte sich an ihn. Ihr Vater musste lachen und umarmte sie noch einmal. "War doch nur Spaß. Ich würde doch nie gehen ohne dich nochmal ganz fest zu drücken!", scherzte er und legte seinen Arm um sie. Ein letzter Kuss auf die Stirn ließ.