Disclaimer: Journey Maker doesn't own Yugioh, nor do I own the Prayer

Chapter Four

When they got home, Cassandra was asleep on her daddy's shoulder. Joey thanked "Yami and Yugi for inviting them to go to the Park and he'd call Yugi later." Greg unlocked and opened the door and as Joey walked down to his room, he felt like maybe today was a first step in the right direction for him to begin to forgive his father.

Joey laid his little angel on the bed and took off her shoes and they were full of sand and he laughed and thought back to when he and his parents had gone to the same park and how his shoes were full of sand too. He kissed her forehead and went to the kitchen to talk to his father. When he got there his father was sitting at the table crying and he was looking at the picture that was on the mantle and saying "Victoria I really screwed up this time and our son hates me and I can't blame him."

Joey softly said "dad" and Greg looked up and there stood his son and Joey had tears in his eyes as he walked over to where he father was sitting and he knelt down beside the chair and he said "listen, we have a long way to go before I can completely forgive you for what happened back then, but I really feel that in time we can put it all behind us and become the father and son that mom always wanted us to be."

Greg grabbed hold of his son and through his tears he whispered "that's all I ask and son I do love you and want us to be father and son again and I'm willing to do anything I can do to make that happen."

Joey reached up and wiped his fathers face and kissed his cheek and then he said "if we don't stop crying and figure out what to cook for dinner that little girl in there will come out and kick our butts for not having anything cooked for her to eat." Both of them started laughing and Joey stood up and as Greg faced his son he said "you remind me so much of your mother and I know that she's up there smiling down on us for at least trying to mend want is between us."

And before they could even look in the freezer for something for dinner, Cassandra came into the kitchen and said "daddy me hungry." Greg looked at Joey and they started laughing and Joey picked his little girl up and said "let's see what grandpa has to cook shall we?"

Greg opened the freezer door and there on the first shelf was a package of chicken fingers and some frozen broccoli which she loved to eat. So she pointed to the two things she wanted and Joey smiled and kissed her cheek and said "lets go see if Sesame Street is on TV while grandpa fixes dinner, shall we?"

Cassandra clapped her hand and wiggled till Joey put her down and she went over to Greg and said "me love you grandpa" and then she was gone to the living room." Joey laughed and went to turn on the television while Greg fixed dinner.

As they were sat there watching the program the phone rang and Greg asked "please answer that." When Joey said "Wheeler residence, may I help you?" He heard the one voice from his past that he really never thought he would hear, it was Seto and he said "we need to talk, can we meet somewhere?"

Joey didn't want to talk to him in front of Cassandra and he said "I'll come to the Manor tomorrow afternoon and we'll talk" and then he hung up the phone.

Greg came to see who it was and by the look on his son's face it was someone he didn't want to talk to. Joey stood up and went to his father and whispered "that was Seto, and I'm going to go talk to him tomorrow afternoon, can you watch Cassandra for me please."

Greg put his hand on Joey's shoulder and said "you know I will and please be careful tomorrow."

Joey smiled at his dad and then he did something he hadn't done since he as a small kid, he kissed his father's cheek and then went to sit down next to his daughter and watch television. Greg stood there and touched his cheek as tears filled his eyes then he went back to the kitchen to finish cooking dinner.

Greg came back into the living room and said "dinner is ready, and before Joey turned off the television set, Cassandra was already on her way to the kitchen. Joey looked at his dad and they both started laughing and they walked to the kitchen just in time to hear Cassandra say "come on, me hungry."

After dinner while Joey was doing dishes Greg was sitting at they table showing Cassandra how to play the card game "Fish" and she was beating him really bad. When he was done drying the last dish and putting them away he said "alright, it's time for your bath and then its bedtime, so kiss grandpa good-night and lets go and you can take your bath and you can use some bubble bath."

Cassandra squealed and got down off the chair and went to Greg and held out her hands and he picked her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him and said "good-night grandpa" and he put her down and she took Joey's hand and they walked to the bathroom where he got her bath ready and as she played in the bubbles he washed her and made sure that her hair was done and then after drying her off she paddled off to the bedroom and she tried to put on her pajamas and got into bed while Joey toweled off her hair and made sure that it was dried and then she got down off the bed and said "me pray daddy?"

Joey smiled at her and then he remembered the prayer that Michelle had wanted her to say and he got on his knees beside her and told her to fold her hand together and he started saying the prayer and she said it after him.

Dear God,
As I turn off the light,
please be with me.
Help me to get to sleep,
and please give me good dreams.
Amen

When he was done he said "please bless mommy, grandma, grandpa and daddy." When they were through she smiled and kissed Joey's cheek and climbed into bed and he covered her up and turned on the nightlight and then she said "me love you daddy" and he sat down on the side of the bed and brushed her bangs from her forehead and told her "I love you to angel."

Then she closed her eyes and went to sleep and Joey silently said "Michelle I miss you so much and watch out over us here." Then he went to watch television with his dad. When it was time for them to go to bed, Greg told his son "night and I'll see you both in the morning." As Joey sat on the side of his bed, he thought about the call from Seto and he was dreading talking to him, but he didn't want him to come there so going there was for the best.

Please R&R...

Chapter Five Coming Up...