.Ruthie woke up about an hour after Mike was up. Already the room was bright with morning sunlight. She was still aching ... and still depressed about...the let-down the night before. Poor Mike, she thought to herself ... what am I gonna tell him? She spent several minutes lying in bed and watching her companion as he worked on his paper. She mulled over what to say to him. At first she wanted to tell him what had happened a few hours before; that she had found out that there was a very important. ’ He paused. ‘Oh sorry, I’m Joe – Peter’s foreman. I’m Peter O’Brien’s foreman. No, I’m not playing games,’ he said abruptly then he seemed to loose all patience. ‘For Christ’s sake Peter is dying and we need Jennifer now!’ Furiously snatching the phone from his grasp, Susie shouted into the phone, ‘Peter is dying damn it. The police are with me now and I haven’t a moment to waste.’ There was a long pause before Susie continued. ‘I’m sorry, Jennifer. I wish I could make this news more pleasant. I decided to stay home and wrap some presents. I was almost done when I heard a knock on the door. I was wearing a long white shirt, with nothing underneath. I walked over and found Mario outside my door. -My daddy’s not home, Mario… -- Are you alone? I nodded, and he made his way in… He ogled me for a couple of minutes, and then began to tell me how beautiful I was “you’ve really blossomed into a beautiful young lady” he said “I bet your dad. I about pissed myself laughing at the site."Why did you do that? she slurred at me. You see her sleep overs were increasingly involving booze & she was still drunk."You were sneaking in the house like mom n dad were sleeping & you didn't want to wake them, BUT THEY"RE NOT HOME!" I yelled, still laughing as I went back to eating."I knew they're not home, I didn't want to wake you, my wonderful brother!" As she came over to me to give me a hug & a kiss on the cheek. And it was then she noticed I.