Cal was stunned into complete silence. His mouth hung open as he stared at Gillian. Of all the things he thought she might say this was the last thing he was expecting. Several thoughts fought for dominance in his head unfortunately his mouth engaged before his brain.
"That's why you're back with Alec." he said.
Gillian gasped and tears sprung in her eyes. Immediately Cal wanted to take back his words as he read her face. Devastation. She ran from the room and a confused Cal was left with a furious Emily.
"I cannot believe you." she said.
"What!" he asked petulantly. "Look if she wants to ruin her life by being with Alec there's nothing I can do to stop her."
"That's not true Dad and you know it, besides what does Alec have to do with anything?"
"Well obviously they're back together."
Emily looked at her father and he could see pity. Emily realised he had no idea what was going on. She gestured to the chairs and they both sat down.
"No they're not. A couple of months after you left, Alec started calling Gill and sending her things. He wants her back but it's not going to happen."
Cal still looked confused. Emily took a deep breath.
"I know what happened between you and Gillian, Dad."
Cal stared at Emily, his face a mixture of shock and embarrassment.
Emily laughed "Relax Dad, I'm not mentally scared by the fact you have a sex life."
"Yeah? Well I'm mentally scared by the fact you even know the word sex." he ran his hands through his hair not quite believing he was having this conversation with his teenage daughter. "How do you know?"
"Gillian told me."
"She what?" he asked incredulously
"She thought I had a right to know."
"Why would you need to know the intimate details of my...you know what never mind!"
Emily looked her father straight in the eye. She wanted to be sure he would understand what she was about to tell him.
"She's 4 months pregnant."
For a second Cal looked blank but then Emily saw the realisation dawn across his face. He opened his mouth but found he had no words. He sat in silence for several minutes, thoughts tumbling around in his brain. After a while Emily lost patience.
"Dad!" she said breaking him from his contemplation. "Why are you still here?"
Cal had no idea. He jumped up kissed Emily on the cheek and pulled her from the room.
