SLIGHT inappropriateness.
"Lovely!" Willy called, striding quickly after her and trying oddly to poke her in the back with his cane, even though she was quite a few feet ahead of him. "Come…back here! I need to explain—"
Libby stopped, and Willy almost skewered her with the walking staff, but he tossed it aside before it hit.
"What is it, Dad? What could you possibly explain? I know what happened, Dad." Libby turned to him, watched him retrieve his cane, which had landed against a wall, and took a deep breath. "I thought you promised that you would never see another woman."
Willy froze as he was bending over to pick the staff up. He looked up at the wall in front of him, running what she'd said in his head. He just stood there, staring at the wall, repeating Libby's words in his mind.
Libby thought that he was seeing another woman…?
"Er…" Willy stammered, snapping out of a reverie. "Yeah…." He picked up the staff and cleared his throat. "I don't remember…saying that, Lovely…."
"You did," Libby said, walking furiously towards him. "You said—and these are your exact words—'I promise you, Lovely, that your mother was the only woman for me. I will not see nor marry anyone else.' YOU PROMISED!"
"Lovely…."
"Just…no…."
Libby gave Willy a heavily mixed look—it seemed to be a cross between betrayed and confused—and ran off to the twins' room.
Willy sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I'm never going to understand teenagers…." He walked away, talking to himself. "I didn't even understand myself…." He went back into the bedroom and sighed, running a hand through his hair. "She will remain a mystery for eternity."
Lilly frowned and looked up from her shirt buttons. "What did you do this time?"
"Nothing!" Willy said, concentrating on his feet, fully aware at what was going on in front of him. "I asked her to come back to me, and she ran off to her brother and sister's room."
Lilly continued to take her pajamas off. Willy didn't look up from his feet, but he heard the clothes fall. Lilly stepped into the bathroom and stopped, looking at Willy.
"You're welcome to join me…."
"In what?"
Lilly raised an eyebrow as Willy finally looked up. "I'm going to let you answer yourself on that one."
Willy flushed a bright pink. "I…I don't know…it's been awhile since…."
Lilly stepped out of the bathroom and up to Willy. She took his face in her hands and kissed him. "Libby's play isn't until this evening."
Willy nodded slowly and followed Lilly into the bathroom.