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Sky hung on tight, e over her “Daddy I’ since I visited”
“You’re a busy girl”
She pulled away and said, “Never too busy for fa to her sisters beside her on the porch, she added, “Macy and Morgan wanted to see you too We’d like to h Sky suspected the relationship was more serious than her father had let on, since he’d been so nervous to unveil Tara and have everyonehis own sister, Ruby
Bill Travis reached for her again and said in a low voice, “I’ve been so worried about you, Sky Even when you’ve called to say you’re fine, I’ve been so concerned about you lately”
“I know, Daddy”
“Tara too,” he said “She’s been ribbingyou were all right and I didn’t want to push too hard”
“Daddy, it’s okay,” she insisted “I’h it all I’ve learned that I can’t pretend it didn’t happen or that no one knows about it—I can’t hide out, hoping people will ignore it I have to face the whole situation and find a way to move past what happened to me in Nashville and in Wilder”
He squeezed her tighter
“Daddy!” she squealed “You’re crushing me!”
I her, he said, “Sorry Sorry” He cupped her cheeks with his hands and added, “This isn’t an easy thing for a father to deal with”
“I know,” she said “That’s why I’et past it too I spent last night with Macy and Morgan They’ve been upset as well But we can deal with this as a faht? Tara included?”
Through warm, watery brown eyes, he said, “You bet, kid It’ll all be okay”
Tears tu with her family made her feel less off-kilter They toured the house, she and her sisters selected guest rooms and spent the weekend Sky hadn’t felt this close to her faedy that had brought theether, as was sometimes the case with fathened by the outreach…and the acceptance on everyone’s side
A week later, Sky had her first-ever Luckenbach singing debut She hadn’t yet found that place inside herself where she could belt out the songs she’d recorded in Nashville, nor was her newer material ready for a live audience, so her set was based solely on the songs from her first CD No one seemed to mind her perfor along with her, danced, cheered and ht at home—in Luckenbach tradition
Her sisters were in attendance, as well as her father and Tara Sky hadn’t told anyone other than the set down pat before she invited Reese and Caleb out