The first-born twin, Danny, replied. "Sure thing, Dad. You take care of Mom, and the three of us will be fine here for a couple of hours. Right, guys?...Donny and Halee just nodded. They all were worried about their Mom, who had barely been getting out of bed since she heard about Janelle's accident. The whole family was upset about Janelle, but Mom was beyond upset.Hector Delfin, Janelle's Dad, helped Maui Delfin into the car and made sure that her seat belt was snapped. Janelle's Mom did not. He grinned at me. "Need some company there short cake? I wasn't really sleepy, and it's Sunday tomorrow. Want to talk a little?" "Of course, Forrest. It's nice to have you to myself for awhile. Your folks might get a little jealous though." "Oh, I don't think so. They clearly adore you, Trish. We should get better acquainted, don't you think, if you're going to be living here in the old homestead?" He gave me his gentle smile. "Well, let's sit down then. You take the big chair. I'll just sit on. Ms. Howard taught the class, a skinny little bitch who thought her shit didn't stink and everybody loved her. Having been an AAU swimmer I knew the class would be a breeze and I'd get a good grade. What I didn't know is that my friend & I would be the only two males in the class,...with over a dozen of the finest looking babes in the school making up the majority in attendance. They were in bikinis, they were in those clingy Speedo lycra one piece suits, they were looking so hot we wanted to. "Your father could come back." Not for hours," Nissa said."If you're sure?" I am."He didn't understand why she was so confident, given how long her family had already been gone and how rarely her father ever left the house for even 20 minutes, but at the same time he did not really want to leave any more than she wanted him to go. So he stayed. She was asleep again soon, and he watched her. She had a ponderous expression while she dreamed. It reminded him of the Menskr baby, in an odd way..