Harold and Pammy had both dropped out of school and gotten low-paying jobs after tiring of serving out a few weeks of their daily detention. A rumor f...ashed through school sometime before Christmas break that Pammy was pregnant and had gotten kicked out of her mother's house, that she had moved in with Harold, living in the basement of the Barnes house with him. A few days later, Jen Davies came to school and let her friends know that she had run into Pammy at a doughnut shop where she spent. Dad, I don’t even know how to help myself. How can I help Carly?”“You can’t. All you can do is hold her when she cries, listen when she wants to talk and help her go on with her life. That’s it.”“Shit.”“That about sums it up.”Later that evening, Kevin tapped Meghan on the shoulder. She turned her head from the dishes “Yes, Sir?”“Tonight, You, Carly, and I are sleeping in the guest room. She doesn’t need to be alone, and I don’t want to be.”“Your Mom?”“I’ll talk to her. She’ll need to deal with. I also instructed Marcy to upgrade Andy’s credit card limits. Marcy was going to kill me when she saw these invoices.Things were back to normal at KCC; I had a quiet morning. The visit by Bob Jackson was cordial and quick.On the way back to the gym I stopped at the airport and went to the agency hangar. I had questions for Kevin Parks. I basically wanted to know how much of the rules he would bend for me in a discreet way.I asked, “How often do the satellites go over North-east Africa?”“Several. “Hey big bro is everything OK?” she asked.I looked up at her trying to smile, you could wash away the tears but you could not wash away the fear , anger and sadness from your face. I did the best I could to make it look like I was OK. “Yea sis im fine just didn't sleep well last night.I went to go to the kitchen to find something to eat when I heard mom say. “What no good morning kiss for your mother?” I turned around to look at her, she had a smile on her face as if nothing had ever happened..