Eames felt her phone vibrate.
She reached into her pocket, grabbed her phone, and pulled it out.
She looked at it to see who the recipient was.
Her big hazel eyes widened in surprise as she read the name on the screen.
Goren...
That big idiot.
She opened the message, and began to read it.
"I apologize for last night. Bobby."
Goren wasn't good at apologizing orally.
He was apologizing for his behavior last night.
It was always the same.
And every time, she was conciliatory.
What the hell...
Why did she let herself be fooled so easily.
Bobby was a deeply kind person...
She had an example of that with her daughter.
But even at work, he often crossed the line...
and she...
She was okay with it.
But last night, his behavior with her...
Was totally different.
His words...
that kiss...
Eames blushed violently at the memory, her heart racing.
What the hell...
What was wrong with her that she reacted like that...
To be all upset...
By a simple kiss.
Not so simple actually...
He had...
Her blood boiled in her veins.
She had to get that kiss out of her head...
And think of something else.
Eames pulled herself together.
Could she really forgive him...
- Mom...
Alex gasped, at her daughter's small voice.
Lola had just entered, her teddy bear on her arm.
Damn it...
That teddy bear...
Lola never let go of it.
Her daughter came closer, put her little hand on her arm, patted it.
- Mommy...
Alex looked down at Lola's face.
From the look on Lola's face, she wanted to ask her something...
And she already knew what the subject of her request was.
A certain tall, dark-haired fool.
Damn it...
Couldn't Lola do without Goren, if only for a day...
- He's coming Bobby...
Bingo!
Eames huffed, exasperated.
Bobby here...
Bobby here... Bobby there.
It hadn't failed.
Lola claimed Goren...
And she wanted to see him.
His big hazel eyes begged her.
That look...
Lola could not stop looking at her with his eyes.
His eyes...
Goren was not her father...
But the way he looked at her...
It was all him.
And every time...
She would get caught...
And she gave in.
Eames forced himself to smile.
Lola had won again.
She was going to give in.
Eames took her phone in her hand, and began to type the message.
"I forgive you for this time. Lola wants to see you."
She looked at Lola, and pressed send.
I forgive you for this time...
At Eames' message, Goren felt his heart lighter.
Eames had forgiven him.
How relieved he was.
He had never seen Eames so angry in his life...
than last night.
And he understood too late...
That he had gone too far...
... over the edge.
Alex owed her nothing.
She had the right to date whoever she wanted.
He still couldn't understand her reaction.
What had taken him to speak to her as he had done.
But above all...
This kiss...
That he had taken him by force, intertwining their tongues.
At the memory of Eames's lips under his, he was inflamed.
Damn it...
He had to think of something else.
Lola...
Oh, God...
He had to go and see her.
He must have frightened her by typing his crisis.
Goren got up, grabbed his jacket, and headed for the door.
Lola wanted to see him...
And so did he...
He wanted to see her.
Goren loved the Eames' daughter.
Lola gave him hope...
She gave him a taste for life.
He had been so afraid of never seeing her again...
That he didn't sleep at night
And thought all night about how to make it up to her.
He loved the moments he spent with Lola.
Special moments.
Goren couldn't forget the first time, when Eames had introduced him to Lola.
Lola's smiles...
Her chirping that she made for him...
conquered his heart right away.
- Ding... Dong...
At the sound of the doorbell, Lola put her hand on her mother's wrist, pulled her, forced her to follow, and rushed to the door.
- It's Bobby.
What the hell...
Why did Lola always rush out like that.
Every time, it was the same.
And when she opened the door, and it wasn't Goren...
It was the dam.
Lola would make a grumpy face, grumbling.
Her family had already paid the price.
Arriving at the door, Eames opened it, revealing Goren.
At the sight of Goren, Lola's face lit up, her big hazel eyes shining with adoration.
- Bobby...
Lola rushed to Goren, who as soon as she reached him, lifted her in his arms.
Lola wrapped her little arms around Goren's neck, brought her face close to his, and with tenderness, placed a kiss on his cheek.
At this sign of affection, Goren blushed violently.
He was always uncomfortable, by all the emotional marks that Lola gave him.
But he loved it.
And for nothing in the world...
He would not have wanted it to stop.
Goren put his brown eyes on Eames' face.
She looked away, not daring to look at him.
- Thank you... Alex...
At his words, Eames' heart raced.
What the hell...
What the hell was wrong with her...
Why was she reacting like that...
Just for a simple thank you.
And besides...
It was not to her that he owed his forgiveness.
And his thanks...
He owed it to Lola.
If she had forgiven him...
It was for his daughter...
Nothing else.
But despite everything...
She knew that in her heart of hearts...
She would have forgiven him.
But not right away.
She would have simmered it down...
But she would have forgiven him.