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The group left the NICU and headed towards Rory's room. Logan looked up to see his father standing at the window looking in at his daughter. That was the last person he had ever expected to be standing in the hospital at this point.

Logan saw Rory tense up. He kissed her head and said, "I'll take care of him, Ace. Emily, Lorelai, Luke, can you take Ace to her room and get her settled? I'll handle this quickly and be in soon." Logan didn't have to say anything. Honor knew that he was going to need her support.

Luke said, "I'm going to stay with you. I'll let the girls head back. I want to have a few words with the man myself."

Lorelai told them, "If you aren't back in ten minutes, I'll come out. Logan, I may give you a hard time, but you are a good guy. Don't let him make you believe any differently."

Rory looked up at him, "I love you, Logan."

"I love you too, Ace."

Lorelai and Emily took Rory back to her room to rest.

Logan sighed. He was happy to have Honor and Luke behind him. He said, "Can I help you? Are you over here hoping that my little girl doesn't make it so that your dynastic plan works out?"

Mitchum turned around and said, "Logan, it isn't like that."

"I don't know what you are doing here anyway. You hate Rory. You have never liked my decisions as it is. I bet you are already planning what you want me to do if she doesn't make it. I hate to break it to you, but I am going to use every last resource that I have to make sure that he gets the best care possible. I'm not going to lose my little girl. I'm not going to lose either of my girls again."

"Logan…"

"What?"

"I'm sorry."

"I bet. You have always thought my daughter was a life ruiner and she wasn't even born yet. You emotionally abused a pregnant woman to the extent that you sent her into premature labor. My daughter is a fighter and she is going to pull through this. I don't know what you have against my innocent little girl. I have only known her for a day and I would die for her."

"I just wanted what was best for you."

"Rory and Sophie are what is best for me. I'm going to marry Rory someday and make us true family."

"Your mother came home last night such a mess."

"Oh. I'm sorry that my mother was actually upset about the health of her granddaughter. I'm sure you are not used to people having a heart."

"That is not what I was getting at. I wanted to come and make sure you didn't need anything. I know I am your least favorite person on the planet right now. I can't say that I blame you. I have acted inappropriately. I have only ever wanted you to only ever have the best. I've gone about it the wrong way."

"Okay."

"How is she? How is Rory?"

"Sophie has quite a way to go. Rory is worried about our girl. It's wearing on her."

"How are you doing? I can write a check if you need me to. I'll make sure that you have anything that you may need to make sure that they are taken care of."

"I'm capable of taking care of my family. Thank you."

"Logan, let me do something for you. I know that you are hurting. I just want to do something to help."

"I don't need your charity. I don't need you putting me in your debt and forcing me back into the family business."

"I hope you can forgive me some day. I should have been more supportive from the beginning. I have always been too hard on you. I regret that. I'm glad that you are happy. You deserve it. I never should have forced you into the Odette relationship. You are a grown man. You can make your own decisions."

"I just never understood how you could hate Sophie. It isn't her fault that any of this happened. What changed overnight? I just don't understand how you are so in love with Aniston and Archer, but despise Sophie. I will never let her feel like she is second rate to you."

"I could make up a million excuses, but the truth is you have always been someone who lives by the seat of their pants. I was always worried about you. Honor has her life together. She is married. She has two kinds."

Logan interrupted him, "Since I'm not married you hate my kid. I never saw you as the traditionalist. Things don't always go as planned. All I would ever change is the nine years that I spent apart from Rory. Had they never happened, I would be a much happier person and have my life together, as you say."

Mitchum didn't respond further Logan. He looked at Luke and said, "I'm sorry for what I said the other night. I'm sure you are a wonderful man. You have been here for my son when he needed someone most. I remember Rory talking about you all those years ago. It looks like you are just the same as you were then."

Luke replied, "Logan is a good man. He has been so strong for Rory and Sophie, not only in the last day, but for the months leading up to today. I can't even imagine how scary it would be to see the one that I love and my child in the shape that Rory and Sophie are in now."

Logan asked Mitchum, "What has happened to you? You are not your normal Mitchum self."

Mitchum told him, "I was despicable towards you and Rory. You never realize how short life is and how much you need family. Your mother pointed that out to me last night."

Lorelai walked over to them. She said, "Logan, Rory won't sleep until she knows that you are okay. She is definitely coming into her mom role very quickly."

"I'll be right in." Logan turned to his father, "Thank you for coming to check on us."

Mitchum asked, "Can we please do lunch soon?"

"Give me a couple of days, but we can do that." Logan left him and went into Rory's room with Luke and Lorelai.

Honor stopped him and told him, "I'll be in to tell you goodbye in a second."

Honor pulled Mitchum to the side and asked, "Why haven't you told him that you are sick? You had plenty of opportunities."

"First he was getting married and planning to take over Huntzberger Publishing. Now he has a sick baby and Rory to worry about. He doesn't need to be thinking about his poor excuse of a father on top of it all."

"Dad, he needs to know. He knows something is up. You went from full out demon to almost pleasant practically overnight."

"I had a doctor's appointment this morning. Don't say anything to him. I'll tell him over lunch this week. How are Travis and the kids? Do you need us to go help?"

"Travis is fine. I'm going to stay for the week and then assess if they need me longer. You need to take care of yourself."

Mitchum hugged her and left. Honor went in to tell Logan and Rory goodbye. She was going to call Mitchum later to get the full story behind his doctor's appointment later.