Of course,the other boys were grateful they weren't chosen.. It became so common that Ieventually didn't wait to be told and just assumed my station o... the girl'sside. And all the kids came to accept me in that position without comment. Ijust learned to tag along with the girls. I was even assigned a girls part ina school play...don't know why, but I suspect that the teacher thought Iwanted to do it. As time passed, I developed a close relationship with thegirls in my classes and was welcomed. ”“That’s right, you mentioned a vasectomy. How many children do you have?”“Seven.”“Seven? Seriously?”“Seriously.”He shook his head, “I’d have had the vasectomy after three, if not sooner!”“Doc, did Al fill you in completely on my home life?”“Enough that I agree with him that I’m not sure if I should be in awe, frightened, or jealous! He did fail to mention you had seven children, and I only saw the two at Cook County. I’m assuming they are by several of the women he mentioned you’re involved. ”“I can just tell,” she says.Saturday afternoon, I’m in my music room when I hear Mom say that I have a visitor. a minute later I see Carl walk in. We shake hands and do the half hug. He sits down and tells me that Sam gave him the itinerary for the gigs we’re doing on Christmas break and he is working on transportation for the band, crew, and equipment. I tell him that I’m glad that he is part of the band.He smiles and says, “because of you I’m getting my life together. I have worked things. The dam finally broke. Tears flooded from Wendy’s eyes and she spun in my arms and pressed her face into my chest as she cried.“I can’t be family,” she said. “I’ll hurt you. I killed them. They took me in and I killed them,” she sobbed. I backed into a kitchen chair and sat down, pulling Wendy down on my lap.“You didn’t kill anyone, Wendy,” I said slowly and deliberately. “A sick man who hurt you for years decided to hurt other people, too. It’s not your fault, Tiger. You are part of our family.