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Author's Note: This is Chapter Six. That means the story is almost over! God, I've enjoyed writing this so much...almost as much as I enjoy reading the reviews I've been getting! You guys make me feel so special; like you wouldn't even believe.

I know you've have been waiting for this chapter. So I'll stop here.

Chapter Six: Why Can't You See That?

"You hate me, don't you?" I asked, closing the photo album and returning it to the spot I found it in. I poofed to the other side of my desk to face my daughter.

"Yeah, I do," Wanda said. No nonsense with my little girl, that's for sure.

"I just don't—"

"Let me tell my side of the story!" Wanda barked.

Shocked by my daughter's forwardness, I just gulped and nodded.

"Tonight, while Uncle Carmine was feeding me every lie he could come up with," Wanda began, "Cosmo practically exploded into my bedroom and clung to me, begging for my forgiveness. When I asked him what was going on, he said something about a girl dragging him off to God knows where."

"Wanda—"

"No, let me finish! Uncle Carmine broke down and told me everything that's been going on these past few days. How you hired that hussy to get Cosmo away from me, how you planned to get into that huge argument at Franky's, and how you dragged him and Piero into this!"

"I know, you probably didn't expect—"

"I did expect it, Daddy. I've known you to be like that my whole life. I just never thought that you wouldn't take the time to listen to what your own daughter had to say."

"Pumpkin—"

"Don't 'Pumpkin' me! I'm tired of all this, Daddy!" Wanda was crying now. "As soon as Cosmo proposed to me I told him that we just had to tell you because I knew you'd be upset if I didn't--"

"He should have asked my permission!"

"Don't interrupt me! The way you reacted that day was just too much for me. You were mad at me because you didn't like the man I loved."

"Would you stop saying that?" I couldn't take hearing that. She wasn't supposed to love him. I'm her father!

"No! I'm an adult now! I'm smart enough to know an amazing man when I see one! He didn't deserve your stupid plots! He didn't deserve the pain you put him through! He doesn't deserve a father-in-law as shallow as you!"

"I will never consider that thing to be my son-in-law!"

"I've been crying every single night, every night, because of this! And Cosmo has been fighting back tears constantly, not only because of how mean you're being to him, but because he can't stand to see how upset you're making me. Last night he said to me, 'How can anyone be heartless enough to hurt such a wonderful woman?'"

"He doesn't know what he's saying!"

"He loves me more than anything, Daddy!" Wanda finally lowered her voice, "Why can't you see that?"

I fought down the lump in my throat. "Because I love you more than anything."

"If you loved me, you would—"

"Sweetheart, you don't have any idea what this is doing to me. I've been staying up half the night worried sick about you and what you're doing. You're the most important thing in the world to me, and I don't wanna lose you."

Wanda blinked. "But--but what about Blonda? She was always more talented than me and—"

"Blonda is your mother's daughter," I told her. "Always being such a temperamental priss. You...you're the child I've wanted ever since I started this business all those years ago. I could never mold your sister into what I wanted her to be. You just have it in your blood. And there was a whole lot more to you, too. After your mother divorced me, you were the only girl I had. Blonda was always so busy working on her stupid annunciation. You were all mine, Wanda. You still are. And--and seeing Cosmo take you away from me is just--I can't take it, Wanda. Why do you have to leave me? Why'd you have to love someone else?"

Wanda brushed the tears off her face, and I felt my own eyes getting wet. I studied my daughter's bewildered expression. She looked like she finally understood all of this madness. In a way, I did, too.

"I'm not leaving you, Daddy."

"Well it feels like you are," I said. "I've tried to do everything I could to make you happy. And now you're done with me, and you have Cosmo to look after you. It's like you don't even want me anymore."

"Just because I'm marrying Cosmo doesn't mean I don't love you. Even if I know Cosmo will always be there for me, I'll always need you in my life. You're my Daddy, and nothing will ever change that."

And that was all I needed to hear.

I wanted to take that girl in my arms and never let go, but I couldn't. I didn't want to get too soft. Wanda needed to know that I'm still going to be strict about this. I'm never really going to warm up to the idea of having Cosmo there. No man is ever going to be good enough for my girls in my eyes.

But if Cosmo was the man my Wanda wanted to spend her life with, then I guess I could tolerate him.

I sighed and gave in. "So why are you guys going into godparenting?"

Wanda looked relieved. "We don't think we're ready to have kids of our own yet."

Yes!

"But we both want to be parents," my wonderful daughter continued. "We figured this would be the best practice."

I had to ask. "So does this mean you to won't…you know?"

With a laugh, she answered, "Well, there's still the honeymoon, Daddy."

Buon Dio!

"So you're sure everything worked out okay last night?" Carmine asked me. We--Carmine, Piero, and I--were at Giada's, one of the top jewelry places in town. As an apology to Wanda, we offered to pay for the wedding rings with the money Celia had returned.

"Stop feeling so bad," I answered. "I'm glad you told her."

"Really?"

Piero looked confused. "You seemed highly agitated."

"For once, I might have been wrong."

"Well," Carmine said, studying a silver wedding band, "at east everything is right in the world."

You'd think that, wouldn't you? Something felt so wrong, though. I couldn't place my finger on it.

"Hey, guys," Piero called us over to a selection of gold wedding bands. "You think this is enough of an apology?"

"They'll love 'em!" Carmine exclaimed, gingerly picking up one of the rings. "I'd imagine Cosmo picking out something similar."

That was it!

Although I really hated to have to set everything straight with Cosmo, I had to. Wanda would never completely forgive me until I did.

"I've gotta tie up a few loose ends," I said to my brothers as I left the money in Carmine's hand. "Meet me in my office when you're done here."

Wanda and Cosmo were at his mother's house, exactly where I expected them to be. Cosmo, weak as usual, hid behind my daughter as soon as he answered the door. Wanda looked skeptical as she asked, "Daddy? What are you doing here?"

"I, uh, I wanna talk to Cosmo for a few minutes."

Wanda smiled, knowing what I wanted to say. "Okay, sure."

Cosmo's eyes got about ten percent wider as Wanda let me in the house. She went into the other room to "do something".

"Uh…hi?" Cosmo said to me, shaking.

"Relax, would you?" I said. "I came to…to…I want to say…"

"Y—yeah?"

"I'm sorry," I choked out.

"Really?"

"I was being a jerk, I know. It was just…well, it happened so fast, you know? And..."

"And you hate me." Cosmo looked down at the floor like a child that had just been scolded.

"I don't hate you, Cosmo," I said. And I was telling the truth. "I just hated that…I'm sorry, okay? Can you forgive me?"

Cosmo smiled and looked back up. "Yeah. Okay."

I cleared my throat. "Okay. I, uh, I'll see you at the wedding."

"Okay," Cosmo said, and then turned to go where Wanda was.

"Hey, Cosmo?"

The green haired badin…Cosmo spun around to face me again.

"Don't hurt her, all right?" I said, trying to ignore the tears in my eyes. "She, uh, she really needs you."

"I'd never hurt Wanda," he said. "You can count on me Mr. Big Daddy…sir."

I smiled. "Call me Daddy."

Cosmo's face brightened up. "Really?"

"Yeah," I answered. "You're part of the family now."