> Julia turned her gaze to Derek and passed him the letter, repeating what
he
> had said a moment ago with a crooked grin "Special delivery."
>
> She then sat up enough to reach across his abdomen and for the other
> envelope, only to remain that way to give Derek a little privacy to read
the
> letter as she lay with her weight on her elbows across his stomach and
> opened to read her mother's envelope.
>
> Just out of curiosity, as she started reading the words, she flipped the
> page of the album, smiling at the images there before concentrating on her
> mother's letter.
>
> A moment later she closed the letter and laid it back between the page it
> had been in and wiped at her eyes before turning to look at Derek, putting
> her hands on his chest, palms down and her chin on top of them until he
was
> done.
>
> Her mother had written everything Julia knew she would and it was almost
as
> if she had been there in a way to have that talk with her. Her mother had
> even hinted at what her husband had written in his letter and Julia was
> watching Derek's expression as he read that letter.
>
Derek:
"That sounds a bit omnious," Derek said taking the letter and clearing his
throat. He hadn't had a lecture from a woman's father in at least twenty
five years. And that is exactly what being handed this letter felt like to
him. He had the same slight case of butterflies in his stomach. His eyes
scanned the words once getting the overall feel of the letter then he went
back tot he beginning reading it for actual content. It was reather
touching in an odd sort of way.
Odd because, well...it was one of those "talks" fathers gave to their
daughters suiters. He could tell how very deeply this man cared for his
daughter and her happiness. It was clear that in the end that is all he
truely wanted for her.
The gently scrawling hand told of Julia's similarity to her mother.
Similarities so strong in fact, that Mr. Walker felt fairly certain the man
reading the epistle would be older than Julia. Though, to Derek's
amusement, there was a disclaimer in case he was incorrect. "If am
mistaken, well then everything else here still applies. So, keep reading, I
am not done with you."
Derek was able to discern that this man loved his wife very deeply and
wanted that kind of love for his daughter. No matter what guise it came in.
"If Julia picked you, there must be something to it," the letter read. "So,
I welcome you to the fold and the family." This was followed by a signature
and then a post script. "PS: Watch you're step with my little girl. Make
sure you don't hurt her and you and I will get along just fine. Oh and one
more thing....if there is any indecent behavior you'd better hope I do not
find out about it." Derek coughed slightly at this passage his cheeks
coloring slightly.
