He offered me a deal, and I took it. He said he'd make sure your mom didn't get custody, and in fact that she got minimum visitation. He also made sur... that we were left with most of the money. Both of these things would be viewed as being highly unethical – probably illegal – on his part. So he did us a big favor, and took a risk. We have to keep his secret, okay Honey?MELISSA: Sure Dad. I can keep secrets. You know that!DAVE: Good. Now in exchange for doing this, he insisted that we move into. Weeks went by, and Sam opened up little by little and started playing more and more with the other kids. He and I used to have really interesting discussions about building things, and not a day went by without him constructing something completely new in any type of material. He was our little inventor, with such a big mind in such a small body. I was working the afternoon-evening shift on a rainy Friday when we suddenly had a call from Sam’s dad. He was running late and wouldn’t be able to. ‘Natasha dear, there you are. I’ve been waiting for you. Come on in so that I can get started on you.’ Kelli looked and saw that it was Earlene, the masseuse that the club had hired about a month ago. Kelli didn’t know much about her and hadn’t really payed much attention to her. Earlene was kind of a big woman, being taller than most of the women at the club. And she was heavier too, maybe 180 pounds. She was kind of a rough looking woman. She looked like she had done a lot of living in her. There are still some finishing touches to be put on what the girls were jokingly calling "Helen's Hovel."They stopped to visit Mr. Crane at the sales office for the subdivision. When Crane found out they were friends of the Pittmans, Steadmans, Collins, and Morrises, he was very engaging about extolling the features, luxuries, and other amenities associated with the houses in this area. Mark was amused at Crane's attitude, seeing as how at the time of his visit he was dressed in comfortable old.