You can't be serious," said John. "This has to be some kind of practical joke, or something. There's no way that you could get me--" Preg...nant!" Lis... sang out those two distinct syllables with glee, finishing John's sentence for him, in more ways than one.John was wiping his watery eyes with his fingers, and there was snot starting to run out of both of his nostrils.Lisa reached over to the night stand by the bed, pulled a few tissues out of the ever-present cardboard box, and handed the. And now?”“No,” she said with a smile of fond remembrance. “We’ve gone different directions. I’d say we’re more like brother and sister now, kind of like he is with Jennifer and Josie, though he’s closer to them. Maybe cousins. Whatever. But then Chris moved back to Chicago and we started seeing each other seriously and eventually got engaged.”“Yes, and he was at the house often enough and it seemed like he was doing OK.”“He was. Well, I thought he was. Once I graduated and started working,. The hotel was the kind of place that had once been the five star local, the type of place that existed for large families to stay for the weekend while visiting the lake. It was the type of place where people partied in the 70s with rails of coke and lots of polaroid pictures of naked antics. And now the old timers worked hard to keep it running as best they could, the slow gathering of dirt and cracks were overlooked by their poor sight and sense of nostalgia. The desk attendant was an old,. 5'4", 105 lbs.James Holland, 15. Junior-to-be at Memphis High School. 5'7", 135 lbs.Erin Holland, 13. Freshman-to-be at Memphis High School. 5'0", 90 lbs.The OthersJane Simons, 48. Governess and nanny to the Holland family.Richard Hall, 41. Teacher of Civics and Economics at Memphis High School.John Tomlinson, 33. Mass tort attorney with Holland, Holland, and Tomlinson.Christine Turnbull, 27. Teacher of Chemistry at Memphis High School.Annabeth Turnbull, 15. Junior-to-be at Memphis High School..