”“I know right? FML”Her dad opened the door and called from the front room, “Hey honey, hello Alicia.”Ali’s eyebrows popped in surprise so...Patricia explained, “I told him you’d be here.”They called back out their greetings, then Ali queried, “Mr. Walker, you’re home early.”“Yeah, I still have contracts to work on. You two can visit, I will be in the office.”Patricia nodded, but Ali had other thoughts, “Mr. Walker, I know she got in trouble, but there’s something important to me that I need to. The sensation was even more intense than that of him licking her lips. Her tongue instantly started flailing about in her mouth trying to learn in seconds how to french kiss it was more of a tangled mess of licking. After what seemed like an eternity, and so many lessons learned, Steve eventually broke his kiss with Katie and she again looked up at him again with the puppy dog eyes, this time sad he had ended her bliss. He planted a fatherly kiss on her forehead and assured here it would only. That, at least, took some pressure off me. They continued to visit their mother and Peter at weekends. Diane asked me if she could take them down to the house on the south coast. I had to get clearance from Zoe, but she was content to allow it provided I was. She was keen to get them to re-establish a relationship with their mother.On occasions Diane would visit the house in the evenings and dine with us. I kept things as light as I could, but I still resented her for what she had done to us,. “Darling, turn over the TV, the ‘Sound Of Music’ is on ITV, could you change the channel for me?”Now she was really pushing it!For a moment there was silence from the lounge and then:“Oh, I must stop these doubts, all these worriesIf I don't I just know I'll turn backI must dream of the things I am seekingI am seeking the courage I lack…”Mary heard the words of her namesake singing and relaxed. Something was going on, of that there was no doubt, something was going on…“It’s OK, darling, watch.