When Buffy left the house with Dawn she was nervous. It had been so long since she had heard something from him and he didn't even show up after the death of her mother. Dawn seemed to be nervous too, because she was stuttering all the time.

"Do..do you th..think he will be happy to see us again?"

" Well, if not, we can leave pretty quickly!" Buffy answered unsure what was the best thing to say. She didn't even know why she was going to see him once again after all what had happened.

When they finally arrived at the address, which Buffy had found in the telephone book, both were surprised. Already the fact that the address of their father had changed was new for them, but this was even more surprising. The house they were standing in front of wasn't like the little house they had lived in when their parents weren't divorced. It was gigantic. In front of the Villa stood two big jeeps and through a fence you could see that there was a swimming pool in the back of the house.

"This can't be the right address!" Dawn said

"Well, there was only one Hank Summers who wasn't over 70 in the register." Buffy answered.

"But our father….? It's impossible that he has become such rich." Dawn murmured. "I mean, you know him!"

Buffy breathed out. "Yes, I know about what you're talking. The possibility that he moved to Africa is more possible then he getting more money as the…. a librarian! "Now she looked into Dawn's eyes. „There's one way to find out if he's the right one."

30 seconds after saying that she was standing at the front door and ringed the bell. If the house hadn't impressed her the ring tone did definitely. It wasn't this usual ringing you could here in almost every house. Instead of that a song by Mozart was sounding through the rooms.

After a few seconds a 30-year-old woman opened the door. "Good Morning!" she said friendly, but distrustful.

"Hi, I'm Buffy….Summers."

"Oh!" the woman said surprised.

"Does Hank Summers live here?"

"Ähm,…yeah, wait I'll get him." She said and closed the door.

Buffy turned around to Dawn, who was watching her from a tree only 10 meters away. Suddenly Buffy could hear loud voices in the house.

"You never told me that you have a daughter!" an angry female voice said while coming closer to the door.

"Well, we never said that we don't have secrets, do we?" a familiar male voice answered.

"Don't talk to me like that!….Oh now I see. Is she your wife? Or your fiancée?" the woman asked even more excited as before.

" Honey, now stop it, ok? I'll talk to her, MY DAUGHTER, that's all." He answered a little bit sensitive. "I don't even know what she wants from me."

Buffy had leaned her ear at the door, but walked 1 meter away from it when she realized that someone would open the door again within the next seconds.

Hank opened the door and looked at Buffy.

"Hi."

"Hi,…Dad." She said. Although she had been disappointed by him she was happy to see him again.

"What are you doing here?"

"Dawn and I moved here some days ago."

" Do you need money?" he interrupted her brashed.

Buffy was a little bit shocked about him asking this, especially this early."No, we don't need money." She answered a little bit angry." We,…I just wanted to see you again."

Hank looked down and Buffy got the impression that this situation was embarrassing for him. "You didn't show up at the burial of mom." She continues quietly.

He seemed to be even more embarrassed. " I had too much work…and to be honest the situation hasn't changed that much."

"Oh."

"I have to get to work now." Hank said, going to disappoint Buffy again." But it would be nice if we three could eat something together one day."

Buffy smiled. "Yes, would be nice."

"Goodbye" He walked to one jeep, got in and drove out of the backyard, but before he was driving away he turned around and waved his hand….