After Kyle announced the meeting and the dinner table was cleared he sat there in deep thought.  How many dinners did he and Melinda share at this table?  How many problems which in reality were nothing at all to be worried about, did they fret upon after dinner, or while having coffee in the morning?  What were his last words to her?  He thought about it and couldn't believe he didn't even remember.  How does someone forget that?  He started beating himself up like he had since the day she died and his eyes started to water up.   "Well, not tonight.  No time for self-pity.  These girls need guidance and if it is the last act on this earth that I perform, well it will be done."<br/><br/>He went to his bedroom and tidied up some.  He was nervous as hell.  If only Melinda were here to explain things to them.  He cursed himself again for wishing for something that would never happen.  Life is as life does and you don't have to like it, you only have to deal with it, he thought.<br/><br/>There was a knock on his door, and in unison he heard his daughters, "Daddy, can" we come in."  He went to the door and let them in.  They were surprised the meeting was being held in his room and not the kitchen table or the living room.  "Just sit on the bed girls, your father has a few things he has to go over with you."  He watched them as they sat down and was amazed at how quickly they had grown into such beautiful young woman.  Melinda would have been so proud.  His eyes began to tear again and he turned around so the girls wouldn't see.  "You two girls are the most precious thing in the world to me........but you had better already know that.  You are also getting older a lot faster than I ever imagined you would.  Since your mother is gone and cannot teach you certain things, it's left to me.  I'm sure you have noticed all the attention that you have been getting from boys lately and that is normal.  However, that attention will become a lot more persistent now and in the following years.  I need both of you young ladies to know what to do, should the right man come around.  Personally, I have yet to see a young man fit to lick your shoes, but should he come around you need to know what to do.  That is what I am going to show you tonight."