we have a situation ...

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Ashley hasn't been home since grduation night, that was the deal and it's going quite well. There have been phone calls back and forth, she's bunked up/hiding at Chanells. How this girls father doesn't have a clue there is someone living in his house is beyond me. I've spoken with him a few times, he's smart as a rock.

Tonight the phone rings. It's Ash, she's calling from Chanell's cell phone. "Hey"
"hi"
"what are you doing?"
"laughing with your dad" I tell her the story of the table, she says I am a dork.
"we have a situation"
"Chanell's dad catch you there?"

No, she goes on to tell me that she spoke with her ex friend Ashley online. This is the girl she went to stay with the last time we kicked her out. It all ended badly, they holding her stuff hostage, etc. We got all of Ashleys stuff except for the Fender accoustic I had bought her for her 16th birthday. Her mom was holding it until the last day of school for "collateral" Making sure there was no more drama between them. Ashley says she asked her about it and she stated she didn't have it, didn't know where it was, blah, blah, blah. Ashley is upset, she wants it back, it was the first one we/I gave to her.

I tell her, sometimes you just have to chalk it up to a learning experience. I know you want the guitar, I want you to have it, hell, I paid for it. We talk some more, I tell her to call Cindy (the girls mom) tomorrow and as nice as she can ask about it. I tell Ash, if she says no, politely ask why and hang up "don't be rude and hateful like you can be"
"I know" We chat some more and I say "OK, well call me tomorrow and let me know how it goes, OK?" "OK". I am about to hang up when I hear her say "Hey!" "yeah?"
"I love you"
"I love you too baby"

First time she has said that to me in over a month. Was nice to hear ....