" He stopped and gave Dr. Payton a pleading look. She nodded to him before speaking."Obviously I've never met your mom, Mark. But from what I've heard... your mother was ... she was delusional, to what degree it's hard to say. She needed treatment, which your dad says she adamantly refused to accept voluntarily."He nodded. "When we were divorced, I didn't think she was a danger to herself or you kids. But medical practice being what it was at the time, I was told if I forced her to get treatment,. " Just a sandwich," Mike said. "I want to run down and check the temperature on the hot tub. Mark and Jackie are going to be up in a few minutes." Temperature's up," Kirsten said. "I figured on going down there later, anyway, but I had something else in mind." They may not stay late," Mike smiled. "Any mail for me?" One Christmas card," Kirsten said. "But, it's a Christmas card you'll be interested in." She went and got it for him."Hey, it's from Andy Bairnsfether," Mike said when he saw the. " Sure you can. You must miss her. I know you still love her." Crash grinned. "And you're probably hornier than hell." The first two are true. The last one is not. I've been with five different girls since Sophie dumped me."Crash almost choked on his roast beef. "WHAT????" It's true. I can get it anytime I want." He explained about Alexa and her friends."Wow. Jessie's gonna love this--you really are the Prep Stud," Jason said incredulously."I told Alexa about Jessie giving me that nickname, now. He just said thank you and goodnight in reply to me, and then I said Goodnight to Becky, turned and walked away. Course there was the slight problem that I hadn't got Becky's phone number, but that was easy to rectify; it was that first impression with daddy, which counted.The following afternoon I was knocking at her door with two bouquets of flowers, one for Becky and the other for her mother, who I had seen lurking in the background the night before. Becky's mother opened the door; I.