Forgiveness

That night Adam walked out of the house and whistled to Zac and after no answer, he set off to look for his dog.

When he reached the wall that he and David had put up, he saw Zac and the reason that he probably didn't come to Adam when he was called. Meg was leaned against the wall with his head in her lap. A wave of guilt passed through Adam, he had never meant to put the Meg in so much pain.

He ran over and picked her up and whistled for Zac to come along.

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After what seemed like hours, Adam finally was home and setting Meg down on his bed. He smoothed down her damp hair and kissed her forhead.

"Meg" he whispered. "Can you hear me sweetheart?"

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked right at him.

"Adam?" she said weakly.

He nodded and took her hand. "Meg, I am truly sorry for this morning. I never meant to hurt you, I made a huge mistake. Can you forgive me?"

"Oh Adam! Of course I forgive you!" Meg cried as she threw her arms around him. She could never be mad at him.

Adam kissed her lovingly and handed her a towel and some clean clothes. "Come down when your all cleaned up and we'll talk."

Meg nodded.

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Adam was reading a book when Meg finally came downstairs and he smiled as she crawled into his lap and kissed him.

"Now my first question for you Meg is why were you in the pouring rain like that?" Adam asked.

Tears formed in Meg's eyes all over again. Those stupid men were trying to convince dad to sign this damn petition to have Zac put down. He didn't sign of course, but just the thought of losing Zac on top of losing mom is too much for me to bear."

Adam was outraged. "Those bloody idiots! They won't give up will they?"

Meg shook her head and curled into Adam's arms more. Zac walked over to the two and sat down next to them. Meg smiled as she stroked his damp head and then realized that the dog had stayed out there with her the whole time.

"Thank you Zac for staying with me." The dog licked her hand and lay down next to the couple.

"To answer your question Adam, I just ran. I wasn't planning on any certain destination. I just ran where my feet would take me."

Meg then sensed there was something missing and looked around.

"Where is David?" She asked curiously.

"We got into a major fight Meg and he ran." he answered. Now it was his turn to be sad.

"He said that he hated me and that he didn't blame my daughter for not coming back here after I sent her away."

Meg stroked his face and placed a kiss on his cheek. "He didn't mean it Adam, I'm sure he was just upset and frustrated with everything."

Adam nodded, but he looked sadder. "I've upset so many people today and I feel so ashamed."

"I'm not upset anymore" Meg said.

Adam took her face in his hands and kissed her tenderly.

"I love you Meg and nothing will change that."

She nodded and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I have to sort through mom's things with dad and Maggie tomorrow morning, but I'm all yours the rest of the day tomorrow. I won't leave you upset like this for long, I'll be back over here right after we're done okay?"

Adam smiled a little more and hugged Meg tightly.

He then took her hand. "Lets get to bed, it' been a long day."