I took a portion of three plans I found and rolled them into one that I thought would work for us.”I chuckled and shook my head in wonder.“No matt...r how many times I fall in, you keep pulling my butt out of the fire. Hang on to this, and we’ll have it implemented if the divorce goes through and the agreement we signed about ownership is binding.”Listen, I know that my strangely obsessive love for Lindsey frustrates the hell out of some of you. I can almost hear you say, “Geeze, get over the. “He did say that he wanted to talk to you. What you tell him will determine if he has anything to do with any of the rest of you forevermore,” she said.“Christ! I just don’t know what to do, say, think. Abigail, from now on please...” he said, his frustration clear.“Okay, yes, I will be following orders from now on,” she said.“No, that’s not what I mean. I mean that you have to start recognizing his fatherhood, not just his sperm donorship. He is their father. The girls of course are adults. “No, we cannot. The challenge was to find which of us can take the most, and we must complete it.”“You are joking, aren’t you?”My heart sank when James said, “Not at all. You start. Give me two more of your best shots.”A red mist now descended on me. Any reservations I had were gone. If James really thought he was tougher than me, I was going to make him prove it big time. With grim determination, I got to my feet and picked up the plimsoll.James shrieked as two fearsome smacks did the nasty on. My best buddy was Dutch and we were inseperable." He frowned and continued. "There was a stupid accident and he was killed. Me too, almost anyway. The guys gave it to me, partly because of our friendship and partly because I was with him at the time and they all wanted to remember him."She leaned her body into his, relaxing for the first time. "That's so sad. I'm sorry I asked, but glad I did at the same time. Is that dumb or something?'"No, not at all. It makes perfect sense. And his leg.