Gary Pulls up

he drives onto the property and gets out he walks to the door and of course cleo was barking at him he smiled and patted his arm against his chest and she jump into his arms "cleo beo!! I missed you so much!" he said petting her head and fluffing her ears and he knocked on the door

(is cleo tabithas dog.....is gary her father?)

(yes and Yes)

Jackie:
"How can i help you?" she said answering the HOUSE door a little thrown off as he held tabithas dog

"hi my name in Gary" he said and saw her face "oh I've known cleo since tabitha was three she was a christmas present" he said happily

(was tabitha abandoned?)

I look at him strange
"Well she doesnt live here."

(bad divorce and he never saw her agian then mom died and she thought he was dead too)

"do you know where I can find her?" he asked and put cleo down

"One moment" i walk to the kitchen and call the loft

tabitha answers "yea?"

gary waits patently outside

(sorry will answered in the other thread)
i hung up the phone and went to the guy
"Come on in" i said and took him to the kitchen where i offered him a drink
"They are on their way now" i siad

"i'll have water" he said and smiled "I wonder what she looks like after all these years" he said

I smiled and handed his the water
"Shes beautiful......I hope you dont intent on taking her away. I adopted her, shes in love with one of my other foster kids, they live together in the barn loft..." i see william walking towards the hourse leading tabitha
"Here they come" i said

as they walk in tabitha looks to her dad smiles really big and runs over to him Gary catches her inhis arm and kisses ehr cheek "I don't think i'll take her away" he said hugging her tightly and tabitah crying shes so happy

Will: i walk to stand by jackieand whispered to her low
"I asked her to marry me" jackie looked at him and saw the hurt in his eyes and she hugged him
he added : "She said yes"
J: "Then why do you look so heart broken?" i asked softly
"She will want to leave with him" he said and turned and stormed out as he left i could see the trail of tears begining down his cheeks

she looed out of the corner of her eye and saw him leaving and she let go of dad and ran after him and gary watched ehr go

after he had gotten outt of sight of the house he had ran off to the stud paddock and climbed onto his stallion bareback and no bridle only the halter the lead cliped around wills chest he kicked the stallion who powerfully launched over the fence and gallopped off into the forest........................... (she missed him)

she looked out and didn't see him and screamed after him her voice already broken up because of her Dad "WILL!!!" then she fell to her knees and her dad ran out to her and held her and she cried into his shirt wanting to say I loved him I loved so much and now hes gone

Jackie: "Its ok Tabitha, you know him he will come back. he just needs time. He thinks you would leave him because of your dad. he loves you. Oh i believe congratulations are in order" i said and wiped the tears from her cheeks and brushed my hand over her face.

she smiled and got up and hugged her

I hugged her and kissed the top of her head

gary smiled "you remind me of Colleen" he said to Jackie and smiled and he looked at Tabitha "I'm so happy for you baby girl!" he said and smiled his crooked smile

J: "May i ask who collleen is?"

"her mother I haven't seen her since the divorce" he said and looked down and Tabitha cut in "I tried to keep them together but it didn't work out"

J: "Her mother.......died. Everyone thought you were gone as well I found her at the orphanage and i adopted her. Now she is engaged to William" i said still hugging her

"yeah dad and if she didn't find me I don't know where I would be" and she looked at him with a smirk "now that I have a finance please don't go all highschool on me"

"I haven't yet" he said still smiling
"daaad" she said laughing