He walked over to the window and looked out over the pool to see his daughter and Spencer laughing and talking. He smiled at the sight he was seeing and knew he had made the right decision.

“She is really good with Steph.” Aiden said softly. Ashley walked up next to him and looked down.

“Yeah she is…she has a really great nephew and niece that I think Stephanie would have a ball with.” Ashley said trying to make Aiden feel a little better.

Aiden looked down at his watch and sighed. “Well it looks like I need to get going. My lawyer is going to be waiting for those papers next week so as soon as you can get them signed.”

Ashley nodded and they headed back down the stairs. She moved towards the back door and opened it. “Spence…Stephanie…why don’t you two come inside?”

Spencer stood and reached down for Stephanie’s small hand. She led the girl back inside the house and she ran into her father’s arms.

“Daddy…daddy…Aunt Spencer…she told me a story…there was this…girl…no lady…lady…and she was a princess…and…she was in this really tall…umm…really tall…” The little girl was having trouble finishing her sentence and looked at Spencer with confused eyes.

Spencer knelt down and smiled at the young girl reassuringly. “Tower sweetheart.”

“Oh…oh…yeah…a tower…and she had really long hair…and…well that was as far as we got…” Stephanie said pouting.

“Well sweetie…I think that’s a wonderful story…” Aiden said picking the girl up. “Next time we see each other I will listen to all the stories that you and Aunt Spencer talked about…deal?” He held out his pinky finger and his daughter smiled.

She hooked her tiny pinky finger around his and giggled. “Deal daddy…”

Aiden kissed his daughter’s head and placed her back down on the floor. “So…Steph…” Aiden’s voice cracked a little as he spoke to his tiny daughter. “Daddy is going to go get better…like we talked about before…but I want you to know how much I love you…” He hugged her to his chest and kissed the top of her head. “I’m going to be missing you every second of every day…but I will be back as soon as I can…ok sweetie?”