"I'm sure it's not, just hand him back to me and I ask him," Katherine assured him. Her father hardly wanted to be used as a transportation service but he would do it anyway. That was part of the whole parental job description, wasn't it?
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Yes, he had been listening. It was only one side of the conversation that reached his ears but it was enough to fathom its meaning. He waited stoically as his own involvement was discussed. His eyes stayed locked on the man that had struck such a friendly tone with his child.