Title: A Father's Love
Characters: Bernard Kenmore, with mentions of Cordelia and Margaret
Setting: Mostly Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, 1957; also January 1958; the Kenmore house in Dublin, Ireland with a brief jaunt to the hospital.
Word Count: 1,225
Summary: Why Bernard really gave Margaret up.
Rating: Um. PG, maybe? Her mum dies "off-camera." If that doesn't count, then it's definitely G.
Author's Note: For the 25 Flavors prompt "Baby." Yes it counts, Margaret is a
baby in this ficlet! Anyway, with this ficlet, I wanted to explore Bernard's motivations for sending his daughter to live with his mother after the death of his wife. Margaret's view and thoughts regarding this event were often made clear, and we know what her grandmother had told her, but we've never seen Bernard's side. Until now.
( He left it to his mother to explain his absence to his daughter. Told her to say whatever she wanted. )