"It was his grandma's." Mickie James oohed over Ashley's while the tow were out running. "He said that after the wedding we could start trying for kids."

"You're lucky. You'll have a husband first."

"Well, you and Matt, things are ok, right?"

"He's great, it's great, it's just, it would be better if I had a ring like that."

"He'll ask one day don't you think?"

"I hope so."

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"So I asked her to marry me. I scared her off at first, I mean, no wonder, after what Trevor did to her it's a miracle we've had sex, let alone gotten engaged."

"Tying the knot, never thought I'd see the day."

"Return the favor, be my best man."

"I'd love to, who's working security?"

"Don't know, haven't gotten that far."

"Is there 2.5 kids and picket fence in the picture?"

"Ash wants a kid, I wouldn't mind one or two, but honestly, do I look like the picket fence type?"

"How do you feel about having kids so soon though?"

"Don't care one way or the other."

"Listen Champ, I got married because she was pregnant. It would have been nice to have a honeymoon, a bachelor party, some time alone. Don't rush, or you'll end up like me, balding, graying, with three kids." Shawn stopped and sat down. "Man, my oldest, she's lost a lot of weight. And the other night at the dinner table I saw track marks. On her arms."

"She's fourteen fucking years old."

"Trust me, I know. She said she made a mistake. But there was more than one hole Hunter. It's not a mistake. It's several. Over and over again. I found her stash and made her watch me flush it down the toilet. She knows she's grounded, but now what? What the hell do I do? It's not like I can keep her home from school everyday."

"Buy home drug tests and pop one at her whenever. If worse comes to worse send her to rehab. You need to stop for a second and realize when you go home, you're no the Heartbreak Kid, you're her dad. Reality hurts. I'm starting to figure that out."

"Change of subject, did you hear about the engagement?"

"Who's engagement?"

"Steph's and Kennedy's, they broke it off."

"Wow, how's she taking it?"

"She needs a friend, would you mind going over there later? I've been running the Steph watch for a few days off and on, I need to be home, and run the drug watch."

"Naw, I'll shower and go check on her. Man, remember what happened last time? And that was just a boyfriend breakup. What's she gonna do now?" Hunter put down the dumbbells and headed to the locker room.