Jacob remained attentive as Elizabeth spoke.  The first few items had already been things he's overheard or inferred.  Though it had certainly been reassuring to hear his daughter openly admit to him that she had given her virginity to her mother and thoroughly enjoy it.  Especially to the point that it had caused her to rethink the lifestyle she had rebelled against for years now.  Finally, the household stood a chance to attain the degree of wholeness he had been hoping for ever since Merry and himself had decided to incorporate this lifestyle into their everyday lives.  His expression turned grave as she explained how she had been using the camera to make a living, wondering how many people had seen his lovely daughter.  There was certainly no harm in his mind to public nudity, but he had heard more than his fair share of horror stories about the predators that lurk about the internet for naive girls who have more ambition than common sense.<br/><br/>When he opened the black box containing her earnings, he felt lightheaded and was very nearly floored by how much she had saved up.  He had seen that much written out countless times, but to actually see it in dollar form was staggering.  One of the reasons he wasn't concerned about his daughter's threats to run away was because he was confident she didn't have the resources to establish herself in the real world.  With twenty grand, she would have had very little trouble doing so.<br/><br/><em>"I..I made this much by one year alone. I don't feel right having it so I want you to have it, buy something for the family or whatever but leave me out of it since I don't really deserve it."</em>Jacob looked up at his daughter with surprise still clear in his expression before looking back at the money.  He still couldn't believe how much she had simply laying on hand.  When she changed the subject away from her shady job to the fight at school, Jacob closed the box and put it on the bed at his side.<br/><br/>His expression remained contemplative as she described in further detail how the fight at school took place.  As noble the cause was and despite the fact that she hadn't been the one to initiate the fight, either fight, Jacob knew that he could not simply overlook the matter of her relentlessly pummeling a classmate no matter how much they may have deserved it.  To do so would set a very dangerous precedent.  The room was quiet for several moments after Eliza finished speaking her mind as Jacob took the time to digest all that he had been told and consider how matters need to be handled.<br/><br/>"I'll start off by addressing the matter at your school.  As I'm sure you've been told, you're suspended for the next three days.  I do see why you were driven to act as you did and understand that you let your emotions get the best of you in the fight which prevented you from knowing when you were taking things too far.  I want you to consider for a moment what might have happened had the teacher not intervened.  Do you think you would have had enough foresight to stop before you caused some serious harm to the girl?  Head trauma can quickly become a very serious matter and can easily bring about lasting damage even from a few well placed punches."<br/><br/>With the lesson addressed, it was time to administer the punishment.  "As I'm sure you've guessed, I'm not going to let you off the hook just because your intensions were good.  The fact remains that you took things too far and lost control.  Since you have the next three days off school, I feel that it is only fair that you use the extra free time to help around the house during the morning and afternoon.  General cleaning, nothing heavy or tedious.  With the weather getting warmer, I had intended on opening our pool this weekend.  Your 'big punishment' will be to get it cleaned out and ready for the family to go for leisurely dips all on your own.  It'll take time and effort since I'm sure this is the first time you're doing it solo, but I'm confident it's something you can handle."<br/><br/>Jacob then picked up the black box and set it on his lap.  "As for this.  While I do not approve of your methods for earning this money, the fact of the matter is that you are the one who worked for it.  If you'd like, I can go into a long lecture about the dangers of exposing yourself to strangers on the internet, but I'm sure you're just as aware of them as I.  Since you were upfront to me about this, even if at least a year after the fact, and are willing to make amends, I'll make a deal with you.  As I said, you've earned this money and it is rightfully yours.  It shall remain that way in the form of tuition to pay for your college education.  That is if you follow my two conditions.  First; the site goes down tonight and everything gets wiped out.  I don't want a single image or line of text remaining.  And second; if this is something you really want to do, I suggest that you do something similar to what your older sister is doing.  Live performances are not only more tasteful, but safer for the performer and leaves you less vulnerable to the unsavory people that stalk the web and have the ability to find all of your personal information.  Information that would not only endanger you, but could also put the rest of your family who live under this roof at risk.  If you can't follow either of those conditions, then you will officially forfeit your hard earned money and you will not see a dime of it again.  Deal?"<br/><br/>After Elizabeth responded, Jacob stood with the box tucked under his arm and began walking to the door.  Stopping just before it, he turned to face Eliza.  "Thank you for opening up to me, it means a lot more to me than you may realize."  His tone was heavily laced with emotion and sincerity.  "Know that if you ever have anything else you want to talk to me about, no matter how big or how little it may be, I'll always be there for you sweetheart."  After a moment of consideration he set the box down for a moment so that he could give his daughter a soft kiss on the lips and a tight loving hug.  With a wordless smile, he gathered up the box again and left the room.<br/><br/>He stepped into his own and hid the box of money where he or Merry would later set up a savings account for it.  Once that matter was closed, he walked towards Katharine's room and knocked on the doorframe before entering.  Sure, it wasn't really necessary to knock when there wasn't a door, but that did not change that it was Katharine's room and it was only polite to do so.  Seeing his eldest daughter laying on her back upon the bed, he joined her side in a similar position.  The two stared at the ceiling in silence for a few moments before Jacob finally chimed in.  "Talk to me princess.  Please tell me what's bothering you so I can help."