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I come back to my house around three o'clock in the afternoon. Honor and I had spent the
rest of the morning talking about Logan and me and that whole disaster.

When Ally and I arrive at our house there are paparazzos everywhere taking
pictures and screaming questions. I ignore them like always and enter my house.

My maid already expects us and takes Ally to bring her upstairs for a short nap,
because she hasn't really slept the previous night.

Before she goes with Ally she tells me: "Mr. Huntzberger is in the living room,
waiting for you."

I'm shocked at the first moment. Why is Logan waiting for me in the living room?

I look into the mirror in the hallway and straighten my hair a little bit, before
going into the living room, however when I enter the room it is not Logan that greets me,
but Mitchum.

"Mitchum" I say surprised.

"Hello Rory, nice to finally found you!" he says and stands up.

I look at him confused and shake his hand, before sitting down on the opposite
side of the couch.
The events of the dinner at the Huntzberger mansion are flowing back into my
mind and I'm really curious now why he is here, because I had expected to not
see one of the Huntzbergers in a long time, at least as long as it is possible
to ignore each other in Hartford society without being really rude.

"So, to what do I owe this pleasure?" I ask a little bit coldly.

Mitchum recognizes my intonation and jumps right into the topic.

"This is not about something personal, or the union of our families.
I'm here about business so please let us talk about business and
only business." He says and makes his point, that we ignore the events of the
dinner, clear.

"When this is about business then why are you here?" I ask because I'm surprised
that he comes to my house personally just to talk about business.

"Well there are certain things we have to talk about, I tried to reach you all last night and this morning but when I was unable decided to come over here today." He says.

"I'm sorry about that. I was busy and wasn't expecting an important call." I
answer him as the events of the previous night once again flow back into my mind.

"Whatever, I'm here now and after much consideration I have decided that you should change to another paper." He said quickly.

"What?" I answer surprised. "But why?"

"Why do you need a reason? I decided I want you to take over more responsibility and have a better job and that's all there is to it. I don't understand why you are so surprised!"

"Why do you want me to take over more responsibility?" I ask, because I just
don't understand where this all is coming from.

"You won't let me go before I explain my decision, right?" he asks and looks at me
with a slight smirk on his face.

"No" I answer "and by the way: Which paper am I being moved to?"

"The New York Times" he answers smugly knowing form Logan and myself that it has been my dream to work there for as long as I can remember.

"The …? Oh my god." I'm totally speechless now. The New York Times is the
biggest paper that the Huntzbergers own. Now I really don't understand why
Mitchum wants me to work for them, even if he started to believe in my qualities
over the last years I never would have expected this.

"I would have to say, you're impressed?!" he says.

"Yeah I'm, but why?" I ask again.

"I will be honest. There are a lot of reasons and the dinner made me think about
all this." He says vaguely not really answering my question.

"Explain yourself, please." I say and look him right in the eyes so he knows that I mean business. I want an answer!

He sighs and starts explaining.

"Well, Ally is our granddaughter and I love her more than anything else in the
world even if the circumstances of her birth weren't the best. She is
important and I want her to live in a family that cares about one and another.
You are a part of this family now wether you want it or not. Your daughter has the last
name Huntzberger and even if you don't it binds us together for the rest of our
lives. You have worked for Huntzberger publishing for some years now and I think that
as a part of this family it isn't acceptable that you are still just the editor of
a small paper. If you want to stay at Huntzberger publishing you have to get a
better job."

While he's talking my feelings switch all the time. At the beginning I'm really
touched about what he says about Ally, but later I become really angry. He
doesn't want me to work because of my skills at the New York Times. He just
wants to show the status of the family because again he is afraid of
loosing his society mask, and of course he is afraid that Ally will not be the
perfect heiress that he wants her to be.

"I can't believe you" I say angry. "I thought I made myself clear at dinner. I
don't care about society or status. And I will never let Ally care about it. She
is Logan's and my daughter and we decide how we live our life with her and how
we live our life. This is none of your business. If you have something really
important, you can call, right now: feel free to leave." I say before turning
around and leaving the room.

I go into the kitchen still fuming inside. I can't believe that he really came
here to give me such a job offer, just because he wants to act like I am a part
of the family.

I take my favorite mug out of the board and brew some coffee. I sit down at the kitchen island and take the first sip of my hot coffee breathing in the heavenly aroma that eases my nerves and settles my anger. This always calms me down.

The telephone rings and I pick it up.

"Rory Gilmore" I say.

"Hey daughter of mine. How are we today?" my mum says bubbly.

"Hey mum, I'm fine" I answer.

"You're fine? You sound grumpy." She answers.

"Maybe a little bit" admit. I always had a great relationship with my mother
and she always supported me especially when I was pregnant with Ally.

"Tell mummy!" she says and I can hear concern in her voice.

I start telling her everything that happened in the last days. The fact that
Logan hasn't dated for such a long time, me asking him the question, the dinner
at the Huntzbergers and of course about last night and the surprise visit from
Mitchum.
After I finished she says, " Oh honey!, I know that was a lot to take in all at once huh?"

"Yeah it was and I just don't know what to do." I answer exhausted.

"I really would like to help you, but I think that you have to get through this
alone, But I can offer you some advice if you want to hear it!"

"Of course I want to hear it!" I answer, because even if I'm 28 years old and
myself a mum, I still need the advice of my mum from time to time.

"Go to Logan and talk to him. You have a child together and this can't be
standing between the two of you, BUT before you go there make sure that you know
what you want. Now about Mitchum and the job offer, I know these are the wrong
reasons, but you can't risk loosing your job because of this and the offer is really great" she says.

"Are you serious?" I ask surprised.

"Honey I know it is a stupid situation but you know how his family is, you knew it when you met and chose to get involved with Logan, are you really that surprised?" She
answers.

"But I don't want to have a job, just because he thinks that I have to fit
better into this family."

"I know you don't, but I don't see any other way. Maybe you should wait a little
bit and see what happens. Or talk to Logan about this too, he probably knows best
how to handle his father." She suggests.

I calm down a little more and think about my mother's words. Of course she is right like so
many times before I think to myself, rolling my eyes with a small smile.

"Thanks mum!" I say into the phone.

"You're welcome." She answers.

"I need to go, and honey don't worry too much it all will work out." She says wisely
before hanging up.

Talking to my mother always helps me a lot and I feel much better right now. I
decide to take a shower so I go upstairs and into my bathroom, strip out
of my clothes and turn on the water. I step into the shower and let the water
run over my body. I can feel myself start to relax and unwind with every minute I spend
there under the soothing hot water, just thinking about nothing and everything all at once.

After finishing my shower, I put on some sweat pants and an old Yale t-shirt and
start reading one of my favourite books while lying on my bed.

I am totally lost in my book when I hear little foot steps on the floor. I look
up an see Ally in her pyjamas coming towards my bed.

"Hey sleepy head" I say and pick her up when she reaches my bed.

"Did you sleep well?" I ask, while she snuggles close to me. She just nods in
response and I put my arm around her and hold her by my side. Oh well, I think to myslef, I guess I will talk to Logan in the morning and figure everything out then.

These are moments were I can't be happier. Just me and my daughter sitting in my
bed. These are the moments where everything is so perfect that it can't be real.
But I live for these moments. They make my life worth living!

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