Date Posted:04:56:38 09/16/05 Fri Author: Marc Subject: He glanced over his shoulder to her and nodded a little, offering her a smile. He tucked the little girl in and then stood, making his way back out to the kitchen. He was exhausted... he'd been out at 5am this monring... but he planned on a short day tomorrow and didn;t plan on leaving the house till mid morning. He sat at the table and began to eat the food she had prepared for him, feeling that knot of guilt forming again in his stomach. In reply to:
Ashley
's message, "
>It had been a long couple of months, since Marcus had
>taken on this big new case with Nikita he had been
>completely enthralled with it - spending all his time
>at the station. Some nights he wouldn't come home at
>all and others he would crawl into bed at three a.m.
>giving her a kiss to her cheek before he crashed. She
>was trying to be ok with it but it was starting to get
>more and more difficult, especially with Jessie always
>asking for her daddy constantly. He had always gone to
>the doctors appointments with her, always held
>Jessie's hands but the last one he missed because he
>had some 'research' to do. A soft sigh escaped her
>lips as she tucked the little girl into bed and then
>headed out into the living room. If he wasn't home
>within the hour, she was calling someone to babysit
>while she went out. This was getting ridiculous.