She was an absolute genius with numbers, but never had the chance to do anything with her genius. She worked out a year or so ago that if her father b...t big enough in Las Vegas on a sure table he would be able to wipe his slate clean and let her finish school. Not that she would see a cent of the money. He had come to the same conclusion that the only way to clear his gambling debts was through more gambling, but if he won he would likely just pay off his creditors then "invest" the rest in. ”Kendra said, “His lawyer made him sign our divorce papers before he would represent him.”Katie said, “Daddy told me that he was going away for a very long time.”Kendra said, “His lawyer told me that he was looking at life and my never be paroled.”Katie asked, “Will you adopt me when you marry Mommy?”I said, “I’d love to but if I do I’ll never make love to you because you’ll be my daughter and incest is wrong.”Katie said, “Oh okay, but I still want you to adopt me.”+++++About a month later. .......As I stood in front of her my formidable guardian just stared at mewith a slightly menacing amazed look on her face but then i also saw amischievous little grin start to appear on her face. "Pleasestepmother, I can explain," i stuttered. Of course i couldn't but it'swhat you say when you are panicking and so stressed that you areactually shaking. "Don't say a word, just sit on the bed and wait forme to come back and don't touch or remove anything until i return." Shethen went into the. .."is what I found out when I called my parents house and talked to my mom to see if she knew where Shelly and the kids might be. Shelly had called her and asked if she could watch the kids for a while since I wasn't home she wanted to go out for dinner and drinks with some girls she went to college with. Since the plan had been to bring the kids over and open presents and have Christmas dinner there anyway my mom had suggested that the kids just go ahead and spend the night and Shelly had.