I'm worried that he and Little Bertie are getting into things they're both too immature to handle." Kids are just naturally curious, Shirley. They're ...etting to an age where they notice differences and want to find out about them firsthand." Joyce had warned me that Derek had been caught, several times, touching some of the girls inappropriately. Like me, she believed it was a natural, normal, phase he was going through. I knew the wives had all taken pains to speak with Derek, and the others,. He left home at 16 and was on his own for many years. He met his wife, they married soon after and began to raise a family. Since he had no formal education, work was hard to find and jobs were far and few between. He finally got a good job as a ranch-hand for a little old lady and thoroughly enjoyed what he did. He milked the cows, fed the horses, tended to the garden, and made sure that the farm was in good working order. She was good to Joe and invited him, his wife and the three children to. Sizemore had mentioned that teens, perhaps more than at any other time in their life, needed the comfort and security of loving relationships. But how, she questioned, could she have loved Kyle any more? What more could I have given him, she asked herself?She pushed the obvious solution back into her subconscious and sought other answers, but when none presented themselves, she found herself letting the idea nibble at her consciousness until she could no longer ignore it.Was the reason Kyle was. If you do it,you'll be my beloved daughter forever; I'll never stop loving you.Take the pill, sweetie, and you'll never lose your mommy again."This time Maggie put the Big Pill directly on Blair's tongue, and asone would a cat, she stroked his throat to activate his swallow reflex.Sure enough, the pill started going down Blair's throat.Maggie had won. Or had she? Without water, the pill proved too bigfor Blair to swallow. He started choking, his face becoming Na'vi blueonce again. Alarmed,.