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I smile, relieved

“Yes, everything’s fine You have nothing to stress about”

“No, no, don’t do that,” she says fir from you, not ever”

“What do you mean?”

“You do that to Mo her out whenever she asks about anything There’s no need for that, Brent I’m an adult now If you have bad news, I can take it”

I grin ruefully

“First, Har, there is nothing wrong Second, I don’t freeze out Catherine Third, I raised such a good kid because you’re very caring”

She chuckles “Dad, I’m not a child anyht? I mean it Whatever it is”

This is getting a little tireso Jane Of course, I want to chat with Fannie and Freddie, randkids But at the saorous adult randfather

“Nothing’s wrong, Har I have a lot of presentations to etting big fast There are a ton of regulations to deal with, and that’s not Gray’s strong suit, so I’ this part of the deal I’m sorry I haven’t kept up with our usual phone schedule, but I proive me?”

She laughs

“There is nothing to forgive, Daddy You’re my father But keep in mind this isn’t only on your shoulders, okay? Gray can at least lend a hand It’s kind of his job”

I merely roll my eyes

“How is he, anyway?”

My daughter goes into a rhapsody about her wonderful husband and randkids, and I try to block out some of it, at least It ets jealous of their own flesh and blood? Yet, I’d love to have children ofround in Jane’s belly before she gives birth She’d be a wonderfulthese things?

But Harlow’s voice interrupts ain

“So, do you want to do Sunday Supper at our house tomorrow?”

“Wish I could, but I have an investorSorry, Har”

She sighs

“It’s fine Make it up to me next Sunday?”

I try to delay I think I have plans with Jane, and right now, the curvy girl gets precedence