And also how to raise a child and be a good mother." Linda said, it sounded desperate but she really did need Karen and Karen needed Linda and Bobby."...ou were a man?" Karen asked. "Didn't you have kids?" "No and I didn't want one until I found Bobby. Please help me and help him." Linda implored. She was doing the best selling job of her life and it was a life or death situation."I don't know. How did you explain that you aren't really Linda to Bobby?" Karen asked."I didn't, he thinks I am his. Do you want me to wake up, Brad?”“Don’t you dare wake up your brother! He is not very happy with you right now.” I waved Carol away and said, “Now get out of my way. I really need to pee.”An hour later, we were all gathered at the kitchen table and had just finished breakfast. I picked up my coffee cup and stood up, pointed my coffee cup at Carol and Steve and said, “Twice now, you two made Brad so uncomfortable he had to leave the room and find another place to sleep. He asked you to stop or. ”“Laughing at you? I wasn’t laughing at you. I mean really!” he said. “But I do have a question. I am pretty sure I already have the answer, but I need to hear it from you.”“Hmm,” I said. “What?” All of a sudden, he was very serious. Now I was intrigued.“Early on, I mean after I met Lea, she told me that you were okay with her moving on if she met a man she could love and be with? That right?” he said.“Yes, as far as it goes,” I said.“But there was a codicil. No man was ever to take your place. You see, if I break up with you now, I get your share of the family profits. Millions, actually. And your parents insisted I deserved someone better than a misbehaving orphan. And I have to agree with them. So…’ he smiled cruelly, ‘I bid you farewell.’ Lili felt a range of emotion flow through her. She finally settled on anger when a realization dawned on her. ‘This is the only reason you were ever with me, isn’t it?! You were just waiting to get your hands on the money and the family.