"I have no clue about that stuff. All I know is that when Jeffrey walks his daughter down the aisle, he'll be bawling his eyes out." Dorothy chuckled, rubbing her cheek against Abigail's, "What about you, Everett? You gonna cry when you give your daughter away?"

"Hmm?" She looked up at him, waiting for a response.

Everett put down his glass of sour cherry lemonade, taking his daughter from Dorothy's arms.

"I'm not giving a daughter away; I'm gaining a son-in-law."

Dorothy couldn't help but smile wryly, "You sound just like Jeffrey, you know?"

"I'll still let my daughter get married, though."

But Jeffrey, he was adamant about not allowing it!

"You two, truly birds of a feather. Doting dads, through and through!" Dorothy sighed, "I wonder what kind of guys your daughters will bring home."

"They'll be top-notch, responsible, and most importantly-"

shaking her head in amusement. "You can't custom order a son-in-law, you know. But I have faith my Abigail will find someone

nose, looking into her

partner, ever upsets you, you come straight to us. As long as I'm breathing, I won't let anyone hurt you." Abigail, not fully grasping the gravity of his words,

"Good girl."

her glass of lemonade,

in your old

I repeat these words, day in and day out, making

"Right, Daddy says so!"

Dorothy exhaled deeply.

for the boy who would one day join the Lopez family

...

from the hospital,

was always happiest

to his computer screen, she'd sit quietly next

was the one holding her, but that was without Langston

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