"I guess she already knows about us. At least for our younger plays together." I pushed back a wet lock off her forehead."Huh?" She went perplexe. "Wh...t do you mean she knows? Did you tell her before?" No. My mom told her." What the fuck? You told your mom?!? How? Why?" No no no. Wait. If it's confessional time, let's get out of the pool, refill our glasses with more mojitos and sit comfy somewhere first." I said stepping back toward the ladder pool.I got out from the water and walked back the. Tom, you must say who they were." No, Becca."Becca steeled herself. She was going to blackmail him. "What if they decide to attack me next?"Tom took it calmly. He had clearly thought about it. "Then they'll run up against one of your uncle's strong men like in the coffee shop." That's what I said but he said he couldn't guarantee it."Tom shrugged."I'll do it." Please don't, Becca. Hugo Allardyce has a lot of money and a lot of influence. He'd probably get them off any charges and then make life. Bobbyzipped up his jacket against the frigid air."I think it may snow," Henry forecasted. The gusts were reeking havoc onher hair. "Remind me to get a hairbrush, too, Bobby."The crowd inside the mall was light and peopled mostly by women and girlsperusing the various shops. Henry led Bobby through the mall and into anupscale department store. The smell of new fabric filled Bobby'snostrils. He loved that smell. "I think we'll start here," Henry reasoned. "And, first on the agendashould probably. . You gotta quit smiling like that..."We floated through the week, facing Saturday plans to drive two hundred miles to meet the ex-wife halfway and retrieve Sandy for her summer stay with me. I came in from work on Wednesday to find Nina in Sandy's room, cleaning, dusting, setting things right. A bowl of potpourri was on the dresser. I noted it, and she giggled."Just makin' an effort, sweetie," she smiled. "I really want this to work for us. But Sandy's almost eleven. Some of this stuff is just.