The experience of being with her had changed everything. His wounded pride was healed somehow. The stone heart he'd carried in his chest since Chloe h...d left was beating again. They had taken and given from each other until the moment when all was still and complete."Do you believe in love at first sight?" Jillian whispered against his cheek at last.He considered her question for a moment, but not because it scared him. He considered how he felt towards her, trying to ignore the influence of. ."Are you almost done?" No, it'll take at least another hour." 'Kay," she stands up and walks off. Did I mention how mature this girl can be sometimes? "I'll be here when you finish, Daddy!"She usually hangs around me, so I'm not sure what she does when she's alone. I guess she listens to her iPod or something. Whatever she does, she does it quietly, and it makes me proud that I don't have to worry about her being raucous."Daddy? Almost done?" she asks; it's been exactly an hour, so you can. After the three hours of ‘ideas,’ this felt very comfortable. Wherever we are living when we get married, I’m getting a spa – with lots of jets.“Richard, when Mr. Schmidt said he was going to double your salary, do you think he meant it?” my girl said.“I don’t think he says anything he doesn’t mean, Rebecca.”“That’s $160 thousand dollars a year, isn’t it?”“Yes, my dear ... over $3,000 a week. More money than I can ever spend, that’s for sure.”“Oh, I can help you spend it, if you would like?”. Then you could come down to the house. I think Ronnie could use your company."Ronnie gave me a brave smile when I saw him, but I could tell that he was hurting. We sat around for a while watching part of a football game neither of us cared about and had a beer. Then I decided that what Ronnie needed was to get out of the house. Being there probably made him think about the problems, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't stop staring at Janice's butt."Hey, why don't we head over to Cooties?".