I simply adore this, it shows the tender relationship between beauty and her father. Do I sense some foreshadowing in the last panel? "if something unexpected happens", so beauty unexpectedly goes away... oh I do love a bit of drama!
I'm still here too, just lurking mostly. Also I've noticed something about Beauty's Mother - During the dream that Beauty has about her mother's death I've noticed that her mother had clothes similar to a Swan, not to mention the Swan you drew on the BatB poster quite some time ago. Is that a nod to the story of the Swan Princes and Princesses by any chance?
[Beauty has her hopes out.]
(Also, genderbent Batb FTW!)