Chapter 48
"Sir, you have a right to be mad at me, but whether your wife signed for Andi or not we would have been together. We love each other and we wanted to be intimate, however we both had a lot of things that we wanted to do in this life before we settled down to having children. We both want a family and that is because of the strong and wonderful families we come from. Your daughter has been with no one other than the man that is going to marry her in a month and I have been with no one else either! And it wasn't a 'little act' it was a wonderful and loving time for both of us! Yes you are old enough to have a drink, but I thought you were also old enough to know that drinking alone or drinking to excess is a very bad idea. Now I either go with you and we have a drink together man to man, or you have to go through me to get into your vehicle!" AJ stood his ground.
"Look, AJ, back away or I'll have you arrested for harassment. Now get the hell out of my way. I need to get away from everything and everyone for a little while."
Placing a hand on AJ's arm, AJ said, "Sir, I know how many times you have helped the members of my family through rough times, I will let you go if that is really what you want, but please remember that I love and respect your daughter and that you're like another father to me. If I can ever be of any help or if you just need someone to listen, I am here for you Sir!" AJ stood aside, even though he wasn't sure that it was the right thing to do. He vowed that he would follow AJ though and make sure that he was really all right.
Nodding at the boy, AJ slowly made his way back to the Escalade climbing in and starting it. He felt every bit of his seventy-five years right now and it had been a long time since he had felt like just giving up and laying his head down and crying of defeat. He had failed his children. And somewhere along the way he had failed his wife. Kara had felt she couldn't trust him to talk with him about the birth control for Andi. She was right, he never would have agreed to it, at sixteen Andi was still a child and didn't now for sure what she really want. She was lucky she and AJ still loved one another, and neither had taken another lover and contracted an STD. Driving to the nearest bar he got out and found himself at O'Brian's. Going in he sat down at the bar and ordered a whiskey.
AJ Roberts followed the retired Admiral to the bar and thought about going in, but didn't want to be spotted watching over him. He would sit out there for a time waiting for AJ to come out. If he didn't then AJ would go in and find out how he was doing. Flipping open his cell phone he called Andi's number.
"Andi Chegwidden," sniff, sniff.
"Andi! Darling what's wrong!"
"Daddy, found out about us…uh…well being sexually active. Now he is mad at me and Mom. He didn't come looking for you did he, Tigger?" cried Andi.
"He did, Piglet, he is really hurting. How did he find out after all this time?"
"It's all Franny's, fault. She got me all upset by telling me I couldn't wear white at our wedding. Daddy heard, then he yelled at Mommie and me, grabbed his keys and left," explained Andi. "Oh, Tigger, did he hurt you!"
"No, my love, he didn't, he is hurting though, and his trust in both of us was shattered. I'm sorry that I hurt him in that way, but not sorry for loving you!"
"Oh, AJ, I love you so much. What can we do to make Daddy understand?" she cried. "I don't want him hurt. I never meant to hurt him or make him upset with Mommie!"
To be continued…..
