He wasn’t looking forward to the meeting. After divorcing his father and Jack (well, that’s how he viewed it) she’d gone to live with her aunt i... Boston and ended up marrying the widowed surgeon next door. He died leaving her even wealthier. She would be making big money on her own account as a leading child psychologist. Yeah, what a joke that title was in leaving a screwed-up kid in her wake. Jack hadn’t married or allowed any woman to have a meaningful relationship with him after what his. When Dad retired, a Hollywood production company hired him as a military advisor on action movies involving Special Forces. He didn’t want us to go to school in L.A., so we moved to Santa Barbara, a couple hours north and west of Los Angeles, to go to High School.On the first day of school, Freshman Year, I met Mac and Kat, and we quickly became best buds. Kat’s father was ex-military too, and he owns an electronics store in the mall. Mac wasn’t an Army brat, but he was cool. His father was a. I felt that I had to seriously impress upon all of them the fact that there was no way that I approved of the direction that things seemed to be heading in, especially the lewd type of shots now being taken."Oh no." Helen pleaded in a most disappointed tone."Please let me continue, just for a while longer at least. It would be such a shame to end it just as I'm really starting to enjoy myself, especially as I've now gone to all the trouble of shaving myself smooth. I mean, this is just what. B. was there. He stood when I came in and crossed to meet me."I'm sorry to have used Mr. Merriweather as a ruse, but I didn't know if you'd meet with me," he said."Of course I'd have met with you. You're my foster dad. You went with me to get my driver's license. You were there for me when my parents died and when I went through that baby scare. You were there for me every day." Yes, but then we forgave Lucinda for what she said and did, too. She's my daughter. I love her. I forgive her all her.