RANSVESTIA

He stood up and paced the floor. We sat and watched him in silence. I didn't know his thoughts but I was afraid of them.

"So... the ultimatum is either let you be together or you'll leave?”

"That's it exactly daddy." she said firmly.

"Will you be willing for one compromise?" He was looking in my eyes as he spoke.

I thought I was the one to answer and cheerfully said, "Yes, sir!"

A worried look was on Debby's face as he seated himself and said, “All right... I have your word that you'll compromise. These are my terms. Otherwise I'll see to it that Debby never gets one dime of my money, and that I get what she has in the bank back."

"I don't want your money!” she snapped.

"You'll sure have a hard time finishing college and getting set up in marriage without some," he answered. "The least you can do is hear me out."

"Go ahead, sir" I encouraged. "We don't want to displease you and I don't want to take Deborah away from you. I'm willing to do what you want if you won't stop us from being together."

"But Gene!" Debby interrupted. "You don't know what daddy has in mind. It could be something awful. Don't agree without even knowing."

"Darling... I am willing to do anything within reason to get to be with you. I can't stand being separated from you again. If he'll promise to let us be together, I'll go along with his conditions."

"I'm going to hold you to that, young man." He looked at both of us and continued. “You want to be together all the time, is that the way things stand?"

"Yes, sir!" I announced. She nodded her head.

"Then you'll have no objections to keeping up the little masquerade that you have begun until both of you have finished college?"’

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