"Daddy?"

                      I look down at Hallie. She's sandwiched between me and Michael on our bed, watching TV with
                      us. "Yeah princess?"

                      "Does this mean that Michael is really back?"

                      Michael grins at her. "Yeah, I'm really back."

                      She pushes him with all the force her small body can muster. "No! I wanna hear Daddy say it!"

                      I blink. "Yeah Hallie. Michael's really back."

                      She looks up innocently. "Does that mean I was right?"

                      Michael busts out laughing. I mock-glare at him, then roll my eyes. "Yes. You were right."

                      "And you were wrong?"

                      Michael's about in hysterics, and I vow that I will MAKE him stop laughing very soon. "And I
                      was wrong."

                      She grins smugly. "That's what I thought."

                      Michael leans down to kiss her hair. "That's my girl."

                      She positively beams with the praise. "So I guess you don't need me to spend the night with
                      you today?"

                      I pull her into my lap. "Princess, you know I love you very much, right?" She nods. "And Michael
                      loves you very much." She nods again. "But as much as we love you, we really want to spend
                      the night with each other, ok?"

                      "Ok." She slides off of the bed, then turns back to look at Michael. "Don't make him cry again,"
                      she warns.

                      I feel a lump rise in my throat, and Michael tightens his arm around me. "I won't," he promises.

                      Once she's gone, he turns back to me. "So, what now?"

                      I lay my head against him. "Make love to me?"

                      "My pleasure."

                      ****

                      "Ok, you were right."

                      I glance over at the slender, nude man in my arms. "About what?"

                      He grins sleepily. "I so corrupted you."