“Mitch was afraid for my feelings and this made me uncomfortable."Just spit it out, Mitch," I said a little too abruptly.Mitch shrugged reluctantly. "Gene's third request was that if I ever met his daughter, I should tell her that her daddy never stopped loving her. Ever.""Shit," I gasped, and looked down at Sam.I barely heard Mitch offer, "I'll take you back.”