It was a great way tofinish up what had been an amazing year. We ended with kisses allaround with everyone vanishing in different directions. Siobhan ...asagain the last to leave. "Kelli do you want to come back to my place?"I hugged her. "No not tonight hon. I think I need to clear my head.Perhaps we could catch up tomorrow if you don't have anything planned."She smiled. "Nothing planned that I couldn't put off for you."I went home to my empty apartment. Christmas was going to suck. A darkmoody. Despite how you feel about it, he loves you like no one else ever will. You can’t leave him flappin’ in the breeze. Give him whatever information is vital, and keep your tone friendly and civil.”“Yes, Ma’am,” Becky answered, restraining herself from flashing a mocking salute.“Thanks, Be. It’s a worry but we have a prepared response. I’ve got a link to the rebuttal. I’ll send it to Mom, who can forward it to the police. But we’re drawing way to much attention to ourselves. Uh, pardon me, but. He was just standing there, looking at the mess, trying to figure out where to start when his father walked into the room. "What a mess!" he commented. "Are you sure you really want to get into this? I don't even remember what most of this stuff is." Yeah," Jerry said, "Freddie and I only worked up in the attic for a couple hours in the morning yesterday, and we almost sweated to death."It was then that his mother poked her head into the room, and looked at what her husband and her son were. I gave my boyfriend a quick kiss, and David seemed to understand just what it meant: something to show Lucy that we liked each other, without it being too much for a little girl. David and I both sat down, cross-legged, on this old comforter he’d brought for a picnic blanket. Lucy took one look at him, and she was acting a lot braver than I expected. She looked at me, and then she looked at him, and then walked up to him and asked, just as calmly as can be, ‘Are you my daddy?’ Oh, my God, what.