I was their brother, and they were my sisters in every material way, if not biologically or in law. Often it seemed we children could read each other...s minds and feelings, Becky and I were particularly close, and we could not mask the truth or our actual feelings from each other.In addition to raising us, Aunt Jen continued with the active management of the Hayes conglomerate. After mom's death dad chose not to partake at all in the active management of the business, and in fact signed over. ‘What’s up?’ her hands were placed on my desk, leaning forward slightly. ‘Well, Samanth-‘ ‘Sammi’ she interjected quickly. ‘Right, Sammi. I just wanted to… Well. Ahem, I wanted to tell you that. Um…’ Giggling leaned forward even more. ‘Come on Mr. M, what’s up? Did I like, massively fail something? Or are you just admitting your love for meeeeee!’ she giggled while mockingly holding her hand over her heart. He joke caught me off guard, and with a simple, Yes, her giggling stopped. ‘Huh?’ her. Even from this distance it looked impressive.The buildings quickly disappeared behind some trees and I felt the airplane wheels touching down on the tarmac. After landing we taxied over to a hanger and Diana cut the engines. With a slight tug on the door, Vickie opened it up and ushered me outside. There I found five police officers, including Mark Merrick, waiting for me. I didn't know whether to be honored or scared by the reception. Mark walked over and held out his hands."Nice to see you. I am so honored by your trust, I don't have words. First of all, I don't think you're a bad mother. Jeff is a grown man now, and he is a splendid man because you've been a splendid mother." Thanks for saying that. And I'm sorry I didn't speak to you earlier about this thing I've started to have for Jeff. You deserve to know, particularly since you have some strong feelings for Jeff, too. Would you mind me asking how strong those feelings are right now?" You've been honest with me, so I'll be.