Chapter 2

Mac held his sobbing daughter; she had been crying for the past five minutes. He would normally be freaking out that she was acting this way but not today, it being the anniversary of her mother's death, his wife Claire. He noticed Stella looking through the glass at them, and she just shrugged her shoulders to let him know that she did not know anything. He decided that it was time to calm his daughter down and hear what was going on.

"Audrey, honey, calm down. What's wrong? Did something bad happen?" he asked as he held her out to look at her face.

Audrey tried to calm down enough to tell her father what happened. She took a few breaths. "It was horrible, dad; Jason cheated on me with Casey, my best friend, and he… and he..." she couldn't finish because she burst into tears again.

"Did he hurt you, Audrey?" Mac asked with anger flashing in his eyes. He never liked Jason, but he never thought he would do this to her. Cheating is one thing, but if he ever laid a hand on his little girl, he would kill him.

Audrey calmed herself down again. "No, he told me just to get over mom's death so I punched him. I'm so sorry, dad. I'm going to get in so much trouble, but he should have never said that."

Mac held is now sobbing daughter. He wished Claire was here; he missed her so much. And times like these he needed her so much to help raise Audrey. He was very thankful for Stella helping out. He was glad that his daughter punched him; he would call the school to talk to them about what happened. He would also have a talk with Jason's parents. Jason crossed that line saying that to his daughter.

"Dad, are you mad at me for punching him?" Audrey asked, now hiccupping from so much crying.

"No, he shouldn't have said that to you," Mac helped her up onto the couch.

"But I'm going to get in trouble at school. How will I ever go back?" she said, looking at her father and seeing the pain in his eyes. She knows it is because of her mother and what Jason said about her.

"I will call the school and talk to them. Tell me everything that happened," he asked her so he knew what to tell the school.

She told him everything and was now crying again so Mac gave her a hug and calmed her down again.

"Look, you stay here, and I'll get Stella to come in. You can talk to her, and I will go talk to the school," Mac said as he got up.

"Ok," she said and laid down.

"I will get this fixed with the school; it will be alright. You just rest," he told her as he opened the door to leave.

"Dad, I love you," she called to him.

Mac turned around, "I love you too, Audrey." Mac stepped out and walked over to Stella.

"Is she okay, Mac? What happened?" Stella asked, worried that something real bad had happened.

"It's mainly just high school drama, but she will be okay with some time." Mac looked back in the office at his daughter, who was crying again. "Will you go talk with her? She needs a woman to talk to, and you guys are close," Mac asked.

"Sure. Are you okay?" Stella put her hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah, thanks. I need to call the school," he said, heading to the locker room as Stella headed into his office.