Having It All Part 5B Father put his cup down and shook his head. �She left him for someone else didn�t she?� Peter looked at Mary who shook her head in disgust. �Of course not! Jacob this is good news.� Father looked up again. �What�s happened?� Peter could not hold back his smile. �It looks as if you�re going to be a Grandfather in a few months.� Mary smiled as tears gathered in her eyes. �Oh that�s wonderful!� Father looked at her and shook his head. �Wonderful?� She sighed and looked at him. �Yes of course Father, you have to be happy for them about this.� Father looked away from her intense gaze. �How can I be happy when the two of them don�t know what they are getting themselves into? He looked at Mary again. �No one knows if their child will look like Vincent and if one day Catherine decides she wants another life she will be trapped by the child if it does.� Mary rose from the chair and stared at him for a moment. She moved over to the steps and stopped. Turning once again she looked at Peter. �Thank you for telling us this joyous news. Now if you will excuse me, I�m going to have Pascal put it on the pipes, and then I�m going to change and go to the house to congratulate Vincent and Catherine personally.� Without looking at Father again she turned and left the chamber. When she had gone Peter looked at Father again and shook his head. �Jacob, you can�t continue to be so stubborn about this.� Father sighed. �Catherine Chandler has taken my son away from me how am I supposed to act?� Peter put his cup down again. �She didn�t take Vincent from you, from what Joe told me you drove him to choose.� Father glared at him. �I thought he�d come to his senses if I forced his hand.� Peter sighed. �Jacob, they love one another and now they�re being blessed with a child and you�re the one that�s going to miss out on that.� With that said he rose. �I also thought you might want to know that I told them the baby should be born in the tunnels but they aren�t comfortable with that so they are going to have it at the house.� Father nodded. �Thank you for telling me.� Peter stood there for a moment looking at his old friend. �Jacob, please don�t do anything that will upset Catherine, you and I both know that her pregnancy is going to be very delicate.� Father looked up at him. �I won�t, they aren�t even speaking to me.� Peter suddenly felt a bit sorry for his friend�s pain. He put his hand on his shoulder. �You could do something about that.� He offered. �Now I�ve got to run I have rounds tomorrow morning.� Father watched him leave. Once he was gone Father rose. He decided to go to the falls for a while because he had a lot of thinking to do. Chapter 6 Other Author Index Shirley's Fanfic Index |