"I ... Oh my... , " she giggles this time into her hands. She is radiation happiness the likes I have not seen from here before."This was so critical....I... ," She starts off again."We love you too." Saul take up where she has flattered.He raises his arms and gestures for her to come for a last minute hug. Maggie blushes and chews her bottom lip for a moment before stepping into his arms. Nimrod takes this opportunity to draw me close and wrap an arm around my waist. I know I am feeling the same. Kelly fumbled with the restraints for a few minutes, thenplaced them on my wrists. She selected a short chain and then openedthe padlock package. The two padlocks were part of a set with matchedkeys and she dangled the keys over my shoulder where I could see them,then tossed them on the dresser. In a moment, the padlocks clickedinto place and my arms were securely bound behind me. "Now, for the part of your incentive that I didn't tell youabout," she said. Her tone was intended to be. “Will you hold her hands?”I looked curiously at Bonnie as I tried to figure out what she was up to.Bonnie glared at me. “Dad! Do it now!”At that point I decided to just do it. I didn’t know what Bonnie was up to, but if she had some idea for getting through to Estelle then she was one up on me. I reached over the table and took a hold of both of Estelle’s wrists. She was flapping her hands around as she talked so it wasn’t as easy to do as it sounds but I managed. Then I brought her hands down. I stood in front of her, my tall body making her short one look up to me. I looked down into her deep blue eyes and she smiled that smile that always melted my heart. I always gave in to my daughter and she was making me give in to her now. This was no longer wrong. It finally felt right.I reached out and touched the bare skin of her shoulder. I watched her close her eyes as my hand massaged the curve of it. Molly’s skin was warm and soft and I felt the bumps form on it from my gentle.