Believe me, my friends, relatives and Prince Charming have all raised these arguments and chastised me for being so selfish as not to see these truths...for myself. The truth is that the children would not be mine. It would be me doing what I have always done: sending someone else’s child to school, helping someone else’s child with his or her homework, encouraging someone else’s child. The difference is that it would be my permanent responsibility to do so rather than the ad hoc way in which I. .. a few hundred times this week,” after which he looked at Gracey and me and grinned.By then, the rest of the family had arrived at the foyer. After the round of hugs, both families gathered on the deck where Dad had just lit the coals. Unlike yesterday, it was already fairly warm and heading toward 70 degrees.Jeff said, “We have an announcement, which is something of a birthday present for Civia.”I went through some rapid cogitating, then raised my eyebrows in question and hope.“What, Dad?. Was someone embezzling the money? I then called my boss. “Hello Mr. Kibble, I been looking over the books and there are about a million dollars missing, do you know where the problem could be?”“Mr. Rodriguez, please come to my office on Friday, I’ll be in town for a couple of days and we will figure it out, but for now just drop it and work on the Chicago project.”“Ok, sir I will.” He didn’t even say goodbye.It took me the rest of the day to finish the Chicago report. It’s wasn’t that hard to. " Good thinking, David. Jane and I would like to sit in duringthe interrogation. Can you tell me a little bit about the nephewand the niece? Are they also American citizens?" No. They were born and bred in Canada. Their parents weredivorced. Their father, Mr. Hopkins' brother died in a car crashseveral years ago. The niece, Susan is divorced and a singlemother. She works as a physical therapist and she is doing allright. Doesn't seem to be in any financial troubles. The nephew,George, is.