Mark and Jessie arrived back at his house. Jessie was awed by the place. There was a long road that led to the house and a big gate and stone fence surrounded the whole place. Mark keyed in the security code and the gate swung open. He drove to the garage and parked the truck. He helped Jessie out of the truck and they headed to the house. It was huge. The house was brick and the front porch was huge. It had a porch swing and chairs. They went in the front door and Jessie was awed by the size of the place. Mark gave her a quick tour of the downstairs, showing her the den, which Jessie loved. It had a big screen TV, a huge stereo system, a big fireplace, and a computer on one side of the room. There was a huge sectional in the middle of the room and several large overstuffed chairs scattered around the room. He showed her the room with the hot tub and the poolroom and the gym. Then the kitchen which was the biggest kitchen she had ever seen. She peeked out the back door and seen the large deck and squealed with delight when she seen the pool. Mark just smiled at her reactions.

"Sit down Jessie and I'll make us something to eat." Mark said.

Jessie dragged a barstool over next to the counter and watched him cook. He baked them some chicken breast and made a salad and some baked potatoes. Jessie sat next to him and told him about school and the twins and Ethan catching him up on everything. Mark sat the plates on the table and him and Jessie sat down to eat.

"Daddy am I in real big trouble?" Jessie asked.

"Yes Jessie, this is about as big as it gets." Mark said looking at her.

Jessie looked down. She hadn't really thought about this part when she decided to run off. She was thinking about it now though.

"Finish your dinner, baby, okay." Mark said gently.

"Okay." Jessie said.

Mark and Jessie finished up the dishes and put the leftovers away.

"Come on I think its time we had that talk." Mark said.

Jessie walked behind Mark with her head down. She really wasn't looking forward to this. Mark went into his study. It was just a small office he used to do business and kept all his financial paper. It had a small laptop on the oak desk. He had wrestling pictures on the walls from some of his matches. It was sort of his private place to get away. Mark sat down in the chair behind the desk.

"Come here Jessie." Mark said holding out his arms. Jessie went to him and he sat her on his lap.

"Jessie do you know how worried yer mama was, She went to pieces thinking something bad had happened to ya. Didn't ya think about that before ya ran off?" Mark asked.

"No, I just was thinking about getting you to come back home. I wasn't trying to be bad daddy, I just wanted for all of us to be back together." Jessie said.

"I realize you wasn't trying to be bad Jessie, but you put yourself in a dangerous situation. Do you know how me and yer mama would feel if something had happened to you?" You are old enough to think about things before ya act on them." Mark said.

"I'm really sorry daddy." Jessie said.

"I know baby, but the next time you even think about doing something that dangerous, I want ya to stop and think before you act." Mark said.

Jessie looked up at him with tears in her eyes, it about broke Mark's heart. He wondered how parents did this shit without crying there selves.

"Okay the lectures over, let get this over with so we can put it behind us, okay?" Mark said.

"Okay daddy." Jessie said giving him a hug.

Mark hugged her back for a moment and then picked her up and laid her over his lap.

Mark spanked her butt good, but didn't lecture her; he figured she had had enough of that. It didn't take long for her little legs to start kicking and her to start crying.

"I'm sorry daddy." Jessie cried.

Mark continued for another minute. He wanted her to get the point about running away.

"Daddy I'll never run away again. I promise." Jessie said crying hard.

Mark stopped and sat her in his lap while she cried.

"Alright little one it's over." Mark said.

Mark held her for a few minutes till her crying subsided.

"I love you daddy." Jessie said wiping her eyes.

"Well I love you to Jessie, I hope you know that." Mark said.

"I do daddy." Jessie said.

Mark put Jessie to bed. She loved the bedroom Mark picked for her. He told her she could fix it up anyway she wanted.

"Daddy I love you and I'm really sorry I ran off and scared you and mommy." Jessie said.

"I love you to baby and alls forgiven little one." Mark said kissing her and tucking her in.

Mark left the room and went to his bedroom. He lay down and couldn't wait for tomorrow to get here. He wanted his lady back in his arms.