It seemed like they were trying to find out how many ways to ask me the same questions.Thinking dark thoughts I came upstairs to hear an angel screami...ng “WHY!!??!”I entered the living room to find Melissa sitting on the floor in front of the couch, her head thrown back looking up at me. With puppy dog eyes she asked, “Why can’t I win?”I looked at the television. I didn’t own a Nintendo console but apparently, one had been installed and a game I had never played but recognized, Mario Kart, was. Alex somehow got pregnant, go figure. Anyway we sold DanAlex for a retarded amount of money. Alex wanted to be a stay home mom, and she insisted that we stay home together.Dana never recovered from the incident. A few months after it happened, I was called to a nearby psychiatric hospital to visit with her. Her doctor said that seeing me might help her with her problem. I was expecting her to be either very apologetic and contrite, or evil and bitchy. I was quite surprised to find neither.. .. We can't...I don't think of you like that Steff," he finished, but his tentative words seemed said more to convince himself more than me."You don't want to love me Daddy?" I demanded."No sweetie... not like that," he replied hesitantly, the bulge rising in his robe belying every word."So why haven't you gone out on a date for the last four months?" What?" You used to date all the time, now you never do," I insisted."But I ....," he stammered before I cut him off."Why were you secretly. I love you Anna, and if your parents can accept that they're going to accept we were eventually going to have a physical relationship." Will they accept we've been having one for a couple of weeks?" Maybe we keep that to ourselves then." I want to shower with you." Is that wise?"Anna just shrugged. "Can't make things worse can it?" I'll leave the door open then." See you in a minute or so."We kissed, a little sadly, and Anna headed down the corridor, her top clutched to her chest in case Brent.