- I said no!
At Eames' shout, the door opened with a bang, revealing Goren.
The man was startled by Goren's intrusion.
Who was this man...
And what was he meddling with...
At the scene that was unfolding before his eyes, Goren lost all control.
How could this man allow himself to hold Eames by force.
Goren approached the intruder who was bothering Eames, stopped in front of him, and brought his face close to hers.
- She said no.
Goren grabbed the wrist of the man who was bothering and holding Eames, pulling him away from her.
He stood in front of Eames, shielding his body.
- Who is this man?
For the first time, Eames was grateful to Goren for intervening.
That rascal Gary had been very insistent with her, right up to the end.
And tried to kiss her by force.
And she...
She did not agree.
Plus, Eames had a big problem on her last few dates.
Whenever her date tried to kiss her, the vision of another man would pop up in the face of the man in front of her.
And it wasn't just anyone.
She was seeing Goren's face.
What had happened to him?
She didn't know what to do...
Or what to think.
And tonight, it had happened again.
Her other dates had been understanding, but not Gary.
And when the door opened...
Revealing Goren in all his glory...
His heart began to beat violently in his chest, ready to break.
Eames put her big hazel eyes on Goren, looked at him blushing.
- You better get out of here... Goren's voice was threatening and he had just spit his words in Gary's face. Unless you want me to take care of you.
What's the big dark-haired guy got to do with it...
Who does he think he is.
Alex had not told him to be in a relationship.
Besides...
She had been teasing him all night...
And now...
She was acting offended.
- Mom...
A little blonde head poked its head through the door.
No but what a horror...
Alex had a kid...
And he...
Yuck.
He didn't want a woman with a kid.
- I'm leaving.
At his words, Goren let go of Gary's wrist, and he left without asking for help.
Goren had seen the change of expression on Gary's face, when Lola appeared.
A kind of revulsion.
Men who react like that to a child...
Was worthless.
And deserved all the contempt.
Especially with a little girl like Lola.
Lola was the cutest little girl he knew...
And one could only love her.
Besides, Alex had said no to her several times...
But that hadn't stopped him from continuing...
Eames had screamed.
And so he had decided to intervene.
He couldn't leave her in such a situation.
Why had he insisted so much with Eames...
When Alex made it clear that she didn't want to.
Instinctively, he put his hand to his cheek.
Something unpleasant returned to his memory.
The slap of Eames.
He too had behaved badly with her.
Like the worst of the bastards.
Goren felt long thin fingers on his arm.
He brought his brown eyes on her fingers.
Alex...
- Thanks Bobby...
What the hell...
Alex didn't have to thank him.
What he had done...
Was perfectly natural.
He had acted like any normal person.
Lola approached her mother and put her fingers on her legs.
Alex looked down at his daughter, put his hand on her blonde hair, stroking it affectionately.
- It's nothing, sweetie...
Lola was beginning to doubt what her mom was saying.
She always said that after an argument.
And so after a while...
She was beginning to understand that it wasn't true.
And that her little mommy was hurt.
Lola gave her mom a big smile, to show her support.
Alex had seen Gary's reaction when he saw his daughter.
What a fool.
She had not lost anything.
On the contrary...
If the man didn't want his daughter...
He didn't even have to hope for anything.
Besides...
What was her way of insinuating that she had been warming up to him all evening...
When she hadn't.
And to insist on a kiss...
Even if it meant taking it by force.
It reminded her of a certain evening.
She blushed violently, the heart drumming violently in her chest.
Eames put his fingers on his lips, caressed them.
Under the glance of a Goren...
Who did not leave his gesture, the hand on the cheek.
So he too, he thought of the same thing as her.
That famous evening, when he had hit her with his crisis...
And kissed her.
- Mom...
At the sound of the small voice of Lola, Eames becomes scarlet.
Lola took her skirt in her little hands, and pulled.
- Can Bobby stay over...
What the hell...
How to tell him...
How to explain to Lola that it wasn't possible.
Bobby couldn't stay.
One, because he had his life...
And two...
Because it was embarrassing.
Especially after she remembered the kiss Goren had given her.
Lola looked at Eames, her big hazel eyes pleading with her.
- Please...
Goren stood there as if forbidden.
Why did Lola want him to stay over.
He could always come tomorrow, if that's what she wanted.
But staying over...
- I'd like to see Bobby when I wake up... She looked down, not daring to look at her mother. And have him take me to school.
At her words, Alex's heart broke into a thousand pieces.
Lola was suffering from the absence of a father...
And seeing her classmates who had both parents, must have been difficult for her.
She knew that deep down...
That Lola would like Goren to be her father.
Lola often told her that her friends had their dads, who came to take them and look for them at school.
And that she would like to have a daddy who would do that with her too.
Alex understood her daughter's emotional void.
- All right... Alex turned her gaze to Bobby. But it's Bobby who decides.
Lola left her mother's skirt, and walked towards Goren, and put her little hand in his, raising her big hazel eyes towards him.
- Say... You stay...
Goren looked away, blushing, not daring to look at Lola, and put his hand on the back of her neck, embarrassed by the insistence of the girl.
Damn it...
What could he say...
What could he do...
He didn't have the heart to refuse her...
He didn't want to hurt Lola.
But he couldn't stay.
What Lola was asking for, was normal...
She was suffering from the absence of a father...
And he knew how Lola felt...
Having lived it as a child.
But he shouldn't...
And yet...
He gave in.
- Just for this night.
At his words, Lola's face lit up, a big smile appeared on her face, her big hazel eyes shone with adoration.
Bobby had said yes.
He was going to stay home...
And tomorrow morning, he would be there...
Just like his daddy...
And he would take her to school.
Lola threw herself at Bobby's legs, hugging them affectionately.
Goren blushed violently, embarrassed by Lola's affection and enthusiasm.
Lola took his hand in hers, intertwined her fingers with his, pulled him, forced him to follow.
- You come...
Goren let himself be guided by Lola, followed closely by Eames.
- A story... She raised her finger, waved it, and put it on his cheek. And a kiss.
Eames smiled, tenderized.
Lola did what she wanted with Goren.
Her daughter had won his partner's heart from the first moment he saw her.
She turned back.
What the hell...
When Lola went to bed...
She would be alone with Bobby.
How would she react...
And how should she behave...