She was trying tothink of another idea when she heard a phone, her phone ringing in herpurse-she was still trying to get used to the idea of having a ...urse.She pulled the phone out of her purse and the caller id showed that itwas her mom calling. She decided to let it go to voicemail, she wasn'tready to talk to her new mom yet.She started to put the phone back into her purse, then she realized thephone could help her in her quest to learn more about herself. Hefigured that Beth was most. "Daddy?" she whispered. "Were you watching me?" Yes", I confessed."You should be ashamed of yourself."I felt the heat rise in my face, and yet I couldn't accept her rebuke without protesting."At least I wasn't outside getting half naked on the front lawn," I said sarcastically."I didn't expect anyone to be watching at this time of night!" You shouldn't be coming home at this time of night," I countered."Oh, Daddy!" she admonished with a giggle, "I'm old enough to come home when I want to. You. And it is going to have to be she who deals with it for her own eventual peace of mind. Does that help?" Yes, Paul, it does; enormously. Thank you so much." Good. Let me know how things go. I'm always learning," he smiled.Deborah got home to find Annette up and about and seemingly normal. Richard was closeted with a client so Annette sat at the kitchen table while her mother ate."Sharon must have had a pretty rough childhood," she said.Deborah looked enquiringly at her."Her father dying and. ’ I said back. She hasn’t done something like this for a long time. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her head into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her back and gently kissed her forehead in return. ‘Erin,’ I began, but I was cut off. ‘Shh.. Don’t talk.. Just hold me like you did when we were young..’ And I did. She had always wanted to be comforted by physical contact. ‘Michael.. Promise me something..’ She said. I could hear a bit of sadness in her voice. ‘What is it?’.