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First off I want to say how sorry I am that I am so late with this review. I'm really struggling with pain and just really haven't been up to much of anything. Seriously... ANYTHING!

WOWEEE this chapter was so fun and brought me lots of smiles. I'd maybe even go as far as saying it was worth the pain of muddling through chapter 10 just to get to the point where Jim finally puts ALL the pieces together, realizes just how he has been played and lets ole daddy dearest have it!!! Making it even more worth it is Jim and Pam finally starting to sort this mess out and hopefully starting their first chapter of their lives as a family and MUCH bigger, the very best payoff is Jim getting the opportunity to hold his sweet, precious baby girl for the first time. Oh and I want to point out quickly how much I LOVE that you used a line from the show, it's one of the thngs Jim said when Pam asked him to talk to her dad... you said here that he had forgotten how it felt to be completely and utterly in love with someone, to the point where you don’t doubt for a second that they are the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. I've always loved that whole bit, what he had said to her dad so I just love that you found a place for this line here. I also love just how wonderfully it fits the situation!

Okay soooo...

I'm in total awe of just how perfectly you handled the conversation between Jim and his dad. You know, perhaps daddy dear should have stationed someone in Australia, let him know if Jim was on the move. Then again, I think that Gerry was lulled into such a false sense of security with Jim being so settled there, taking classes, having a job. I'm sure that daddy thought that if Jim were to head for Philly they would have adequate warning to take any measures he felt were waranted. Anyhow, I was afraid that with Jim being more of a gentle soul... a lover not a fighter as they say, and with Gerry being so obviously ruthless not only in matters of business but also personal matters, even if it means it's intrusive to his child's life and very much unwanted, I worried that with that being the way things are that Gerry would muscle himself into the power position in their 'discussion' and walk all over Jim leaving him shaken and doubting once more. At least SOME doubts but... wow! Gerry SERIOUSLY underestimated two things... first it's Jim's absolute boundless and unending love for Pam. I honestly think if it was 10 yrs down the line Jim would still love Pam because it's that kind of love that only comes around once. Gerry thought that things like Karen and Austalia were evidence that Jim had not just moved on but also forgotten about Pam... but then again, he must have had SOME idea that Jim's feelings for Pam surpassed that of his feelings for all the other girls he's dated or I'm sure he wouldn't have done all the things he did to ensure that there was no way that Jim would run into Pam. He had to have at least suspected something of how deep Jim's feelings really were and if you combine that with the fact that Gerry KNEW that Pam was having Jim's child, well, it really makes the situation that much sadder, makes Gerry that much more of a despicable person and makes Jim, I'm sure, that much more angry because he realizes these things about his dad. The second thing I think Gerry underestimated is what it means to Jim to be a dad, I mean, it says it all that on seeing the picture he immediately called his mom just to kinda piece things together a bit and then I'm sure was on the very first flight from Austalia to the states. Even upon landing he didn't waste time on cleaning up or getting sleep, he wanted to see Pam, I would say he NEEDED to see Pam, and he also seemed to feel a real parental pull to his child. Heck, there's even the fact that Jim, from the moment he saw the picture in the email from his mom, never doubted, seemingly even for a second, that this was his child. He obviously felt that paternal pull to his child and I can only imagine what it would have felt like to be halfway around the world, thinking that he's finally FINALLY not under his dad's thumb and is in fact for the first time, not counting when he ran away and was in Scranton, so for the first time with what he felt was his dad's blessing, he was in contral of his own life. Then whoosh... in comes this email and in a split second all the illusions of control that he has go up in smoke and he realizes just how controlled he has been.

Anyhow, the setup for the confrontation with his dad was so brilliant and I honestly believe that had you set it up in any other way it would not have been believable. The key points that make it believable to me are... Jim's family not having any knowledge that he is on the way. Thank God that he didn't say anything to his mom on the phone that clued her in because I believe that Jim knew from the moment that he saw that email that he was headed to Philly. Oh, brief break from my train of thought... I hope we will get to 'see' when Betsy finds out that not only is Cecelia her grandaughter but that her husband has purposely kept it not just from her but from Jim, causing him to miss so much that is important in his life. Momentous things that he can never get back. Just, with the pull that Betsy has had to Pam and Cecelia from the get go and with her actually having the thoughts about Cece looking like Jim, Im' just SO interested in how she will react to it all.

Back to the key points, first was Jim's surprise visit to Philly. Next for me is the fact that he actually saw and touched Pam and Cece before the confrontation. I think hearing from Pam that Cece is his, even though he already knew it, I'm sure there's just the comfort in having all doubt erased and then him actually seeing and touching his baby girl, in doing this I'm sure it magnified tenfold just what was taken from him and added to the anger and fuel against his dad that I'm sure was building at an alarming rate. Oh and then there is having so much time traveling with nothing but him and his thoughs, oh, and all these little puzzle pieces that are just asking to be assembled to make a complete picture. It made it so that when he did confront his dad he was able to do it with what he was sure was facts and he had very very little that he needed any help with. Lastly, and this was just brilliant... having Jim already in the study, situated and ready for when his dad gets there. I get a sense that he probably waited a little while and that's good it gave him time to get comfortable in his dad's space and really get settled in his head exactly what it is that he wants to say. Gerry entering the study to Jim slowly turning to reveal himself in the chair was just awesome. That is exactly what it took to make the confident and powerful Gerry not confident and made him stutter and stumble over his words. I'm sure that he was so confident that he in fact had this entire Pam/Jim/baby situation under control that when Jim appeared in that chair I have a feeling he actually thought for a minute that he was seeing a ghost! The points that Jim made during their confrontation were once again brilliant and I'm telling you, YOU are BRILLIANT for thinking these things up. I mean seriously!

Okay, I had written out what I thought were the real high points of the confrontation but when I posted my review was so embarassingly long, I deleted it to re think things. Let me just say, the whole thing was masterful. I also want to add...

The most amazing line of all... I almost lost my child, now feel what it feels like to lose yours!

The confrontation was SO brilliant that I really feel the need to really give you so much credit. I mean, it really had to be done so carefully to be believable and you pulled it off so seemingly efforlessly. Bravo.

Okay, I MUST adress the touching part of this chapter because it's just so wonderful...

I love that we truly can see wounds beginning to heal. I think they each know that neither of them are without blame and that really helps that in the game of you did this, well, you did that... neither has an upper hand. They're sort of on even ground there. On top of that, though they haven't yet gotten to acknowledging this yet, they have each been heavy on the other's mind the last nine months, they each yearned for the other and the BIGGIE... they both are still very much in love with the other. I think that they will get past this and they will help each others wounds heal fairly easily because neither of them were the cause of this. Pam could hold it a bit more against Jim because it was his father's doing but I think that because Pam can see first hand how manipulative Gerry is by the fact that he knew who she is and that it was Jim's baby and he actually came to her baby shower and to the hospital when the baby was born, given that and the fact that Jim has confronted him and cut off contact, I think she'll not hold that against Jim. I just think that neither of them are going to want to be apart any longer. When they were in Scranton, without even the added reason of a baby, Jim wanted to marry Pam and spend his life with her. With her being so excited to tell him about ther baby you can sense that she felt the same way. I just think that yes, they'll have to work through some issues but I just see them wanting to make it official and start their lives together as a family in the very near future.

So I love that as tired as Jim is, he's going on days without sleep, he isn't willing to put off meeting up with Pam, he is still going to do it that night and rather than laying trying to get a nap he's pacing around so nervous. I ADORE first that he is so excited he doesn't just go to the lobby or even rush there, no he sprints there, so anxious to see her. But then he gets a bonus, she brought Cecelia with her. I love that upon him seeing this his face goes from being anxious about seeing Pam to just being happy and I really love that Pam sees his face make the transformation. She is already able to see just how much he loves his daughter!

This part was just SO beautiful...

Although he hadn’t seen her in almost nine months, the same feelings he’d felt for her were still there, untouched, burning with the same intensity it did all those months ago - being in love with a girl like Pam was without a doubt the most effortless thing that had ever happened to him. Even before he’d kissed, hugged and taken her on a date, or done any of the things that he normally did with girls, he’d known he was in love.

I just love how you are able to use your words to effortlessly convey just how deeply Jim loves Pam and that he has from the very beginning. Before there even was a them he was already head over heels. I can't help but think what a shame it is that Jim couldn't have leaned on and relied on that love when his dad came into the picture and poisoned his mind. He made the fatal mistake of hesitating to take in what his dad said and THAT is what set this whole disaster in motion. SO sad.

I really like that when Jim offers that they can go somewhere other than the room, realizing that it's really simply his bedroom and she could be uncomfortable with that, Pam is already at the point where she is comfortable enough to simply go to the room. She probably realizes that not only do they have some heavy topics to discuss, that tears will probably be shed and Jim is undoubtedly going to want to get to know his baby girl and all of that is best done in provate where they don't have to worry about their actions, being jusdged by others or having an audience. I wonder if maybe at some point if Jim, who is no doubt going to simply run out of steam having gone days without sleep, if he may accidentally fall asleep and I can just see Pam, reluctant to leave, at first watching over him, maybe stroking his hair or whatnot and then falling asleep herself. The beauty of breastfeeding is that if you go somewhere with your baby and decide to stay longer, even much longer than intended, you always have food for the baby, fresh and ready to go. ANYHOW... so I just kinda imagine with how tired Jim is, maybe Pam would even tell him to go ahead and go to sleep, that she and Cece will be there when he wakes. The ONLY problem I see with this scenerio is the Andersons but Pam is after all an adult and I would think she could come up with something to tell them if she doesn't want to spring the truth so abruptly. Maybe that her mom came in town and wants Pam and the baby to stay the night at her hotel. I kinda also think it would be neat for Jim to go with Pam to tell Adele the truth. I just think it's going to be hard for her and not only could she use the support, I think they will need to realize that Jim is now very important in both Pam and Cece's lives and it would just be good for them to see that Jim IS in fact going to be there for them. I don't look for any of this to happen like this since I'm sure it's already written, just fun to throw out different ways things could happen. So back to what actually does happen when they get to the room...

Oh man... the way Jim dropped to his knees in front of the carseat, almost like in reverance, then asking Pam 'may I?' before just removing the blanket. I really like that he is really acknowledging first that he can see that Pam is a bit nervous and also that while he is Cece's daddy, he kinda needs to earn the right to just do things. You set forth such a beautiful scene here where Jim is really just meeting his sweet baby girl and Pam is recognizing with awe the magnitude of what is happening with Jim looking at his baby and being so entranced by her so immediately. I have to imagine this is the feeling Pam got when she took the time to really look at Cece and get to know her in the hospital after her birth. That's much like what Jim is doing right now. This just couldn't have happened at the Andersons or in a public place. I like that Pam is just really realizing what a huge moment this is for Jim, and she's letting him have it. I tend to think with everything running through her head that she is also realizing the posibilities... that all that she had seen for them back in Scranton when she first told Jim she was pregnant, those thing just maybe could still happen.

::::sigh:::: Jim holding his precious baby girl for the first time. I have to imagine that he's never felt better in his life. He probably feels at that point like absolutely ANYTHING is possible! I love the sweetness of Pam helping him, teaching him how to hold THEIR baby and Jim showing his human vulnerability to Pam with his tears... It also shows that he trusts her with his emotions because otherwise I just don't think he'd allow the tears to flow without attempting to stop them. It shows just how big and momentous this moment is to him. I love when he says 'it's just...' and leaves it hanging and Pam simply gets it, knows just what he means and says 'I know.' The ending was so nice too... them sitting on the couch together, Jim rubbing Cece's back and looking in Pam's eyes... :::contented sigh:::

I imagine that part 2 of this chapter is where they will talk and decide where their lives are headed. I'm SURE that it's in the same direction and like I've said, I hope it doesn't take much to get them there because if they'll let each other do it, they can really heal each other since fundamentally neither of them are at fault for the root of their problem. They each have blame for their own reactions to what happened. I can't wait to see the journey you're going to take us on. I'm crossing my fingers and REALLY hoping that this story isn't ending soon because I really think there is so much more you can do with it.

You are incredibly talented and so very gifted. The emotions you are able to evoke with your written words are so real it's sometimes stunning.

This was another outstanding chapter and I am sitting on the edge of my seat praying that there will magically be more VERY soon!

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

*hugs*

Wanted you to know I'm still with the story. I can tell you first hand the flight from Australia is brutally long. And that was without the stress of going home to meet my child and estranged partner! I'm really glad that if nothing else Jim got to see and hold his child. So if you're really going to mess with my head and split them up I've still got this chapter to hang my hat on :)

Author's Response: Thanks you VERY much for telling me you're still with me on this roller coaster ride. You've been to Australia? How was it? I ALWAYS wanted to go there!But I can't imagine traveling for that many hours! I've been in a 9 hr flight, but then again it's not the 14+ hours coming from Australia and of course, taking connecting flights. Yikes! I'm glad you liked this chapter. Thanks for reading and reviewing!

If your fic was a man, I'd marry it ;)

Damn, that was so freaking good, I don't even know where to start. I loved the conversation between Jim and Gerry. Jim put him in his place and he bloody deserved it. This was awesome....

“I almost lost my child. Now feel what it’s like to lose yours.”

I was like, YES!!! in your face, Gerry! lol.

Jim finally holding Cece was so beautiful, and I pictured the scene so perfectly in my head.

Love it.

Author's Response: "If your fic was a man, I'd marry it." HAHAHA! I love it! My response to that... "If you like it, then you should put a ring on it..."

I'm so glad you are liking this story, still. After ALL the angst. I'm so glad you said you could picture the Jim holding Cece scene. That was the first scene I wrote for that chapter (I wanted to write it before all the Gerry/Jim stuff - I wanted to be in a good place when wrote it). I'm glad you could see it! Thanks for reading and reviewing.

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I cried when Jim got to hold the baby. So beautiful.

Author's Response: Oh man! I hope it was a good cry! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

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I love this story, thank you for keeping us updated as often as you are. Really enjoying where you're going with it.

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Oh, I love this story. Thank you for Jim not walking in and misinterpreting a Roy/Pam moment. I was nervous to read this chapter, but I should have trusted you.

I hope Jim is honest and Pam is honest (about the deceit to Adele) in the next chapter. I trust you. I trust you. I trust you. ??? :)

That was intense. I like how you brought Jim and Pam together, Dedeen. I'm glad there wasn't a shouting match. This was tender and sweet. %#*^! Roy :(

Wow again! The moment he saw Cece I almost gasped along with him! I love how the conversation at the end is done, it's not all over the place but it's not even either, it completely shows how caught by surprise they both are, even though Jim knew what he was walking into and seeing he still couldn't really pull it together in his head. I'm actually really glad that Pam didn't catch him holding Cece because she would have freaked out, but I did want him to hold her at the same time. I can't wait for that moment. I can't wait for the next update! So much to love about this chapter, intense, it moved so fast and held so much tension! Loving it! More please!

Oh wow... I really really worried after the last chapter. It truly hurt and I just didn't know if I'd really be able to make a comeback and get back into the story or not. I should not have questioned your ability to get me back into things. I LOVE that in an email where Jim's mom writes all about family and shares pictures of the grandkids she inknowingly shares pictures of ALL of her grandchildren. It's interesting how on the day Jim is finally feeling right with the world again, this email arrives, the very thing that has has the ability and in fact will (I think) start Jim on the road to righting his world when he didn't even know just how upside down it was. I'm glad that Jim called his mom who it seems really likes to chatter on rather than calling his dad who I suspecr as Jim thinks this through, which he will have LOTS of time to do while on a plane from Australia, I think he's going to know that his dad HAS to know just who Pam is. I mean, daddy knew all about Pam back in Scranton, I think Jim would know his dad well enough to know first that his dad would have known just what Pam looks like and second that his dad's questions about Pam when Jim was in Stamford and Gerry's actions in dismissing him from Thanksgiving and Christmas with the family, the family Christmas party, giving him tickets to Australia and not only encouraging him to stay away from home in Philly but also encouraging his staying in Australia, going to school for something his dad would generally object to, I have a feeling that on his plane ride home, all of this is going to slide into place for Jim and he's going to realize that while he was feeling proud of himself for getting his dad to back off and finally let Jim be his own person, his dad was sitting smugly by KNOWING that he was denying his son something that would mean absolutely everything to him. I also think that while Jim is probably going to go through some anger at Pam for this, the plane ride is long enough for him to realie that he MADE her run. I have to believe that he will think back and remember saying phrases like 'my family will take care of the baby' and he will realize how scary that would be for Pam. Combine that with the fact that when she told him about the baby he accused her of being a horrible person, he in fact became someone Pam had never seen and didn't know, well, he has to understand her reasons for running. He should also realize that had he thought about things, he maybe should have realized sooner that if Pam were going to run away from her life and everything she knew, she would have needed to have a reason other than just their breakup. I would also think Jim will go through some guilt thinking about how he was out being the Karen's boyfriend, meeting the folks and sharing a holiday and then the world traveler and carefree bachelor/student in Australia and all the time he really had one goal in mind, forget all about Pam. While he was doing this Pam was going through, well, he has no idea what, but he's sure she went through plenty with the pregnancy and being alone, without the father of her baby. (BTW, I LOVE that especially upon hearing the name of the baby he KNEW, without a doubt that this was in fact his daughter. I also love that he printed the picture out to bring with him on his journey back to Pam and to meet his baby. I am sure he is soaking in the picture of his first child but I have to believe that seeing even a picture of Pam after trying in vain to live his life for so many months without her has to be for him like being in the dessert for a long time and finally getting a drink of water. It made me smile. :o) ) Not only would these be things that I believe Jim would be beating himself up for but also, he put Pam in a situation that he has NO idea if she changed her mind and tried to find him. Maybe she wanted him there for part of it, at least the birth but oh yeah, she couldn't have possibly done anything about it because the information she had about him was lies, for goodness sakes, had she at least known his last name she ould have connected it to the fat that these very rich people with the last name of Halpert who are there in Philly, could at very least be related. Could have been a starting point. I just thought of something, I wonder if Pam ever put this together. I'm pretty sure that you said that Jim told her that his Grandma Marie raised them after his parents DIED. Well then the night that everything went to hell he told her that his dad had shown up and told him all this stuff about her. Wonder if she ever conneted that lie and wondered further what other lies he may have told? Anyhow, his whole family background that he told her was lies with the apparent one truth being about his Grandma Marie. Oh and I also have to believe that the fact that he knows that she named the baby after her grandma and his would give him a lot of hope that she is still thinking about him, hopefully still has some kind of feelings for him and that she at very least wanted him to be somewhere in their daughter's life. The other ways that Jim made it impossible for Pam to ome back to or find him was first initially leaving Scranton. I would guess that she could have found out about the transfer pretty easily but then I wonder, I mean, had she called Stamford I'm sure she would have asked for Jim Duncan and been told that there was no one there by that name. (I'm guessing that with his dad being the one to 'send' him to Stamford and Karen who knows him, working there, he would have used his real last name. Maybe I'm wrong, just a guess. Had she pursued it a bit I'm sure she could have found the Jim that transfered from Scranton not long ago but who would have thought of that? Then finally, he got rid of the cell that she knew the number for. At last she had absolutely no way to be able to track him down. I think Jim is going to be swinging back and forth between three emotions on the plane ride home... the love that has surged through him stronger than ever for Pam, and the brand new love that I'm sure he is already feeling at least some for the daughter that he blocked himself from being ablt to know about, guilt about all the things he did and lies he told to Pam and raging Anger at his father, and really anger at himself too but I'm sure that he'll realize that his father started the chain of events that seperated him from Pam and then he made sure that it kept going.

On the other side of the globe I have to say I was startled to learn that Roy is STILL trying to worm his way in and Pam seems to continue to give him openings. I kinda wanted to shake her because NO, having a newborn is NOT easy and it's extremely exhausting but Roy has already voiced that he wants to be more than a 'fun uncle' to the baby, you just can't let someone like that have all these openings because they WILL take them. I was really very happy when Pam came to the decision that she simply is not going to bring Cece into a lie that she created. I can see how having that sweet baby there would bring out the best, the very maternal side of Pam and that she would not want her daughter caught up in something that simply isn't true. I'm also glad that she said to Roy about Cee's dad not being deceased. You know, Roy really, he likes to prade around as the good guy but when Pam isn't giving him what he wants and especially if he even thinks she is thinking about the guy he no doubt knows that she still loves, he doesn't mind playing dirty. Like back a few chapters when he said 'he's never coming back' in spite of the fact that he simply doesn't know the story. He doesn't know Jim. Then this chapter he used her very own fears against her. Fears that she shared only because she was feeling vulnerable and he just had to say 'what do you think he'll do when he finds you've been hiding her away? He'll take her from you.' The thing is, when Pam had fears about the baby being taken from her, I think it wasn't that Jim would take the baby away but that his family would. I think Pam knows and has had time to start to understand even better that Jim loves her and that he wouldn't take the baby away because he would be right there with her raising their daughter. Roy just has no idea the kind of love that he's up against here and he's so much better off that Pam is rebuffing his attempts because otherwise when Jim comes back they love each other so much that Roy would become collateral damage just like Karen. I just read Roy's words again, and they make me really angry. They awe Pam. She would not have went into this scheme except she was told that it would kill Adele to learn that the truth that Adele had made up in her own mind, was not the truth at all. Yes, they took care of her but she also let herself be subjected to things she really didn't want and also, she probably would have actually looked for Jim at some point earlier if not for her involvement with the Anderson family. She has made Adele happy enough that her cancer is now in remission, they owe Pam a debt and not the other way around. For Roy to say, you're going to take Cece from us now just like you took her from him, is OUTRAGEOUS! I mean, how dare he!! To start with, they have no claim on Pam or that baby. Her stay at their house was only ever supposed to be temporary. I just keep thinking, how dare he over and over. Hate to tell you Roy but Jim is on his way and I don't think it will take long AT ALL for him to mend those fences and have Pam and their baby with him. She's not yours Roy. Neither of them are.

Ahhhhhh... I feel like I can breathe again! This chapter makes me so much happier. (Not that making ME happy matters.) Your writing is superb as always and wow what an imagination!

I really am sorry that I had such a hard time with the last chapter but I am being completely honest in saying that I am SO glad that one is done and it looks like we are SOOOO close to some good stuff. It looks like maybe our wonderful duo may see each other again in the next chapter, I'm absolutely praying that it is so! I really feel like Pam NEEDS to get out of the Anderson house and SOON. They have become too wrapped up in and dependant on her and Cece for their happiness and it's ALL based on a lie. Good things never come from basing things on lies, just ask Jim.

Thanks for an awesome chapter. Again, sorry if I let you down on the last one, I just hope you can try to understand. I am REALLY looking forward to the next chapter(s.) Don't take too long with them PLEASE!!! I need the happiness! Hugs T

Author's Response: I think i tackled most of this review on the emails, right? If I didn't, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to tell you more about it.

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Wow, (do I seriously start every review with that word?) You keep leaving me so enthralled by this story. For Jim's part, the way he found out about the baby was totally epic. I'm so happy he's on a plane! I'm so torn about Pam... I'm happy that she's going to finally tell Adele the truth, but I'm sad that it might hurt Adele in some way.

I have to tell you I wish I could write like this. You're putting this story together so wonderfully, and I seriously check here throughout the day for updates. I can't wait to read more!

Author's Response: It is a compliment to me that you start you reviews with "wow." Seroiusly - no need to get too creative, "wow" works just fine! Don't worry about how Adele will take the news once she finds out. You will see that she's more intuitive than you think. I'm completly blown away that you wish you could write like me. Duuudeee your stories are chocolates! I need them in my life in order for me to function properly! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!

::::sigh:::: I hope you will forgive me but I just don't really have it in me to really review this chapter. It's funny, in my own life it was twenty four and a half years ago that my husband who is my daughter's father (but was not my husband at that point) missed the birth of our first child. That long ago and something like a fan fiction story comes along and not only softens the scar, it reopens the wound. Something like that, because it just was so preventable, it's been a weapon through the years that we have used to hurt each other. I just hate so much Jim and Pam, who are a couple that as silly as it seems, I view as having the ideal relationship, and having something that big and hurtful as part of their relationship just makes me ache. From someone who has experienced this I KNOW, it's not something that goes away, ever. Jim can now never talk with Cece and tell her the story of her birth, how he felt, where he was... I know, I seem silly but I honestly cried a lot through this chapter, it was EXTREMELY painful and I know that whatever wonderful things are waiting for them in the future, it will never really make this okay. I'm sorry if I sound dramatic, this just hit me so hard, I guess that says a lot about your writing. I will say, I hope, REALLY REALLY hope that when Jim's mom said Cecilia Marie Anderson that she was just assuming because there is absolutely no reason for Pam to give that baby the Anderson last name. Actually, I know here in Ohio that with the dad not present and them not having been married she couldn't. I don't know if that's the way it is in every state but here the baby automatially takes the mom's last name unless the dad is there to sign the birth certificate.

Your writing, as always, was excellent. You certainly do know how to tell a story.

I'm going to try to get back with it next chapter. I really really hope you can understand. I'm really sorry. :o(

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You had soooo better be writing right this second, I mean it. I'll fly to wherever you live to kick your ass in to gear, I'M SERIOUS. This is so good, and it's getting better and better with each chapter.

Is it sad I was upset when they refereed to her as Cecilia Marie ANDERSON? I was like, that's HALPERT TO YOU lol :)

Freaking awesome, god. *happy sigh*

Author's Response: I'm writing, pink swear! Please don't hurt me! Writing "Cecelia Marie Anderson" actually hurt my brain. Funny story, on my first draft I wrote "Halpert" without even knowing... I was reading through before sending to my Beta and I was like, Oh... that's not it! Haha! Thank you for reading and reviewing!