Mixed Feelings

After another sleepless night - I assumed by this point that Casey's fits would be a nightly ritual, and really wasn't looking forward to the coming three weeks - I trudged off to the office. The night before had slowly gotten better. For whatever reason, Casey decided that she didn't want to glower at me all night, and sometime after the dishes were done, asked me to take her in the pool for a second snorkel lesson. Charming quickly jumped in and took over, and I wound up sitting by the side of the pool watching.

Again, I was full of mixed feelings. On one hand, I was happy that they were able to spend time together. I was happy that they were both so happy. But, I was confused. He wanted me to build a relationship with his daughter, and the opportunity that I'd had to do something with her was taken away when he took over less than 5 minutes after I got in the pool. And I couldn't help but feeling rejected and left out of the situation. When he'd gotten in, I'd been completely excluded from their conversation and interaction. Was I wrong for these feelings?