And my sister had always showed every sign of being as delighted to see Kevin's mother as she was to see her. And so, they spent the next ten minutes ...ogether in the kitchen, discussing everything under the sun but the matter at hand while I looked on silently. Female talk. Completely incomprehensible.After Ashley had finished a piece of chocolate cake and a glass of milk, an offering I'd refused, she announced the purpose of her trip. "I've been retained by Kevin and my brother to assess their. My own ‘forever’ time stretched out into lifetimes in that single moment. My heart embraced her words, knowing exactly what they meant, long before my mind could comprehend: My sister was pregnant with our child. And my heart couldn’t have been happier. In the throes of my ‘forever’ time, I was with my sister in the delivery room, holding her hand tightly, she screaming loudly, as she brought our child into the world.Jessica was laying on my chest, heaving uncontrollably as she came down. . Ok?’‘Thank you Charlie. Say Hello to Carol for me.’‘Bye.’The Assistant Director Second Chance leaned back in his chair and started spinning his pencil. A huge grin slowly creased his face ... he started laughing. He was willing to bet Director Kelly wouldn’t think it was funny.“David, it’s the Ides of April... 23 more days to your birthday. Five more weeks of the seventh grade. Time to get up.”“Yes Mom.”‘Damn it all ... Grace is in the bathroom. Next year I’ll have my own ... How do I know. "It really hurts my feelings that you would even ask such a thing," I said."You do know that no reputable diamond merchant will touch those stones," Andrew said."Blood diamonds?" I asked."One of the other crimes of which General Bad Juju was guilty. The world has condemned the use of slave labor to mine the diamonds. So no one will touch those stones. Trying to sell them will bring you to the attention of the police. That will bring me to the attention of the police, so I would not be happy,".