“Why don’t you start at the beginning,” I joked, uncomfortably picking up on his anguish.“Was your father’s name Lionel?”“Yeah,” I rep...ied, now totally perplexed.“Was he in Italy in the second world war?” he gingerly probed.“Yes,” I replied, completely mystified at this point.“Well, I believe you and I, might be brothers,” he tentatively asserted.The soap-operatic impact of his words practically had me keeling over.“What?” I cried, having got extended to the outer limits of incredulity.Patrizio. “Ya mean like with Tess and me?” (Tess was the receptionist at Woodcrest). “It can get pretty lonely here around midnight. If you and your teenaged girlfriend want company, I wouldn’t mind joining in. Maybe I could teach her a few tricks.” She winked. She knew Brady was just teasing but might not have been had he known what Darlie was really like.”Interesting offer Wilma but she’s young and new. Maybe I’ll get back to you on that though.” He knew he probably wouldn’t. “Are you working tomorrow. ”“You wish! What makes you think you were ever on the list? Don’t you think you’re a bit old for a high school girl?”“Hey, a guy can dream.”“You just here visiting your old man, or are you up to some new mischief?”He held up his right hand and swore, “I’m on my best behavior. I’ll be helpin’ Dad with the work ‘til he’s back to a hundred percent.”Cheyenne is about as straight forward with her opinions as her mom. “So, what about all that stuff with Halbart? Don’t you have some legal issues to. You would obviously lose all your wages and perks upon my retirement or untimely death. In any case, if you decide to go through with our agreement I will make sure that your family, including my heirs, will never want for anything for as long as you live. As to your problem with your church you could get an annulment with the reason being that your hubby is not capable of fathering a c***d. At that point we could get you pregnant and I would publicly accept the c***d as mine.” “That might be.