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with no shirt on. With a laugh, I said, “Not going to learn much in there that’ll help us out.”
    She turned her book over. “That’s your job.”
    “How’s Taylor?” I asked.
    “Good, she’s reading some vampire book.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Oh God. I remember those things. Back into that huh?”
    “She can’t really do much right now. It’s good for her.”
    Standing up, I said, “I’m going to check on her.”
    Mel opened her book. “Good. I need to see what Blake does.”
    Shaking my head, I wandered down the hall. Stopping at her door, I tapped on it. “Come in.”
    I opened the door and was met with a smile. “Hey, Dad!”
    I sat on the edge of her bed and ran my hand over her head. “Hey, kiddo. How are you feeling today?”
    She perked up. “I’m feeling really good today. I walked to the bathroom by myself. Mom was there, but I didn’t let her help me. I did it all by myself.”
    I leaned over and hugged her. “That’s awesome. You’ll be out of this bed regularly in no time.”
    “I can’t wait. I’m so sick of being here.” She laid her book down and looked at me. “I want to get up and get back to normal.”
    “You will. Just don’t rush it.”
    She rolled her eyes. “I just want to be able to get out of bed and sit on the couch or maybe on the porch. Plus, I want to be able to walk over to Bobbie’s when we eat. It sucks being in here all alone.”
    “Well, you spend a couple of days walking around the house and we’ll get you over to Bobbie’s.”
    She smiled. “Thanks, Dad.”
    Before I could reply, there was a sudden flurry of voices in the living room. I looked down the hall to see Lee Ann, Fred and Jess. Mel was talking to them. I looked at Taylor. “I’ll get out of here, looks like you have visitors.”
    “Yeah, we’re going to play Scrabble. Can I go out to the dining room so we can play on the table?”
    “Of course,” I replied with a smile as I left the room.
    Walking into the living room, Jess looked at me. “Hey, Morgan.”
    I looked at her, then around the room. “What’s that smell?”
    She smiled. “It’s perfume, if you must know.”
    “You know you can shower now, right?” I replied.
    With her hands on her hips, she shot back. “For your information, I did!” Flipping her hair, she replied in a dismissive tone. “A girl can still dress up.”
    It was then I noticed she was wearing a dress. I’d never seen her in a dress. For the first time, she actually looked like a woman, a pretty damned fine one at that.
    “Wow, I just noticed.”
    “Doesn’t she look beautiful?” Mel asked.
    I nodded. “Yeah,” and my mind started turning. “What are you two up to?” I asked, looking at Fred. She was in a dress too. With cowboy boots, no less.
    Fred started laughing. Twirling her skirt, she said, “We just felt pretty today.”
    “Where’s Aric?”
    “This is a girl’s night,” Jess said as she waltzed past me.
    Fred followed her. “Yeah.”
    Little Bit came out of her room in a dress too. “Daddy, it’s girl’s night!”
    “What the hell’s going on here?” I asked, shaking my head.
    Mel stood up and headed for the bedroom. “You heard them. Its girl’s night. So you need to find someplace to go.”
    Jess laughed. “Yeah, don’t go away mad. Just go away.”
    I walked into the kitchen mumbling to myself about my house being taken over and being asked to make myself scarce in no uncertain terms. I went to the fridge and poured myself a cup of tea before heading for the bedroom as well. Mel was beside the bed pulling a dress of her own up over one shoulder.
    I gave her a little whistle. “Maybe you should do girl’s night more often,” I said as I moved towards her.
    She stopped me with a hand on my chest. “I don’t think so, mister. This is girl’s night. And I don’t mean the porno kind either.”
    I looked her up and down. She looked amazing in the dress, standing barefoot in our room.
    “Aw, come on,” I