Treading Water
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } Chapter 17 Knowing he couldn’t put off telling the girls his news any longer, Jack let them pick the breakfast place.
That’s how he ended up at IHOP, which was, in fact, hopping on New Year’s Day.
“I’ll miss you guys,” he said as they dug into four different kinds of pancakes. Clare’s mother, sister, brother, and their families were taking the girls on a weeklong cruise to the Caribbean. They’d invited Jack to go, but he couldn’t be away while Jamie was on his honeymoon.
“We’ll miss you, too, Dad,”
Maggie said, her mouth full of chocolate chip pancakes. “But it’s only a week.”
“That’s a long time,” he said with a pout that made her giggle.
“You’ve got Andi and Eric to keep you company for a few more days,” Kate said. She looked far too grown up sipping a cup of coffee.
“That’s true.” Anxiety zipped through him when Kate gave him the perfect opening for what he needed to tell them.
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