This was new. This was different. This was Jason. The part of him that she had so generously looked beyond when she examined him. ‘Your future, huh,...Jay? Not ours anymore. Yours. Not our dreams. Yours. Do you love me, Jay?’ she asked, quietly. The man on the other end of the line sighed. ‘Baby, stop being like this. I have to go to work and I don’t want to go in a bad mood. Don’t ask me stupid questions right now, please.’ Caden laughed at that. She had to or else she would cry. ‘Stupid. ”I smiled. “Yeah, that’s been good. Most enjoyable work buddy I’ve ever had. I had real trouble, though, Sunny.”“What kind?”“I kept seeing you, we’d go out to eat together, sit in my trailer and watch movies ... sooner or later I was going to ... I wanted it to be more than just two buddies thrown together by the needs of the job.”“At first I was all about that ‘two buddies’ thing, but after the first week, I was ... You know I had other offers, don’t you?”“We have a crew of guys out there,. She subtly shrugged her shoulders. She honestly had no idea.Bill helped Debbie clean up a little before bed. "There's just about enough wine left for two glasses," she said, "we might as well finish it off." They emptied the bottle and sat on the couch in the living room to relax."You set me up tonight you bastard," said Debbie looking at her wine glass.Bill couldn't tell if she was angry or not, so he just asked, "Did it work?" I sure hope your plan is a good one, because I want that. She always managed to find the time to meet with him to help him solve his business problems. It was during these talks that the conversation would turn to his relationship with Emily. He was a good businessman but when it came to little girls he was clueless.He hadn't realized he had shut himself off to his only child until Veronica pointed it out. She encouraged him to rebuild his relationship with Emily, which might help them each cope with the loss of her mother. Eventually, the little girl.