"Promise you'll keep me alive? That you won't leave me alone again?" Marla, I promise. You're going to live a long time. We'll get through this. I'll ...clear the building, you wait here and..." He broke off at her tears. "What?"She clung to him, "You promised, you promised not to leave me alone."He pulled her close and kissed her gently. "Alright, you can come, but you have to do exactly what I say, no questions until we finish. I'll explain if I can, but we can't argue, not if we're going to. ‘Okay, honey,’ writing it down, too, ‘it’ll be out ASAP.’ And with that she turns around and walks away. The whole time as the waitress disappears into the crowd, Kate is just shaking her head at me, ‘what?’ I ask, as she continues to shake her head, ‘what?!’ I strain, and this puts a smile across her face, as well as mine. Laughing to herself, ‘what’s wrong, Aden, forgot why we are in here or something?’ As she flashes that million dollar smile again. ‘Something like that,’ I say, as I’m. I had rehearsed this momentous occasion in my mind for days. I wasn’t shy about my mother observing us because she and I had been so intimate last week. I had no secrets with her in that regard any longer. I noticed my father in the bedroom doorway, a smile on his face. He didn’t want to miss this special occasion. Beautiful times like this only happen once, he would later tell me.I began by running my hand through Cassidy’s pretty red curls, telling her how beautiful they were. I gently kissed. I handed the bag of tacos to my dad, so I could get reclined against the headboard of his bed, just like he was. I bent my knees, planted my heels flat on the bed, quickly unbuckling and removing my Mary Jane stilettos. I get more compliments on those shoes, from women... men just stare. Daddy is a man, so..."Quit staring, you perv. I know they're cute," I played, as I dropped my shoes on the floor.Daddy stole a taco from the bag before I snatched it out of his hand. "You LARCENIST PERV!" I.