They had tried to talk their daughter into not going a thousand miles away from home to a college, but Alice had been given a scholarship to attend th... university. She had been raised alongside her two brothers, Toby (twenty), and Jarrod (sixteen), on the small family farm. By most standards, her parents were poor. They certainly couldn’t afford to pay for Alice to go to college. Toby had only made average grades in school and worked on the family farm. Jarrod was still in high school.Her first. "I don't think Alan can catch up, even if he kisses the ass of every CEO in New York. I'll have the best sales year in the company's history!" We're worried about you, Linnea," Daddy said, trying to keep his eyes on my face. "The grapevine says you're making a lot of waves at the office." He was trying hard to sound like a concerned parent, but he didn't have a lot of experience. The way I was slowly teasing a nipple probably didn't help, but he deserved it."Ha!" I contemptuously laughed. "You. "Doesn't matter. The laws in this country aren't necessarily based on what's right -- just what's considered 'moral'. And you're a minor." He sighed again, "Maybe we could give Ari custody of you, since she's your sister and a legal adult..." Huh? Who's Ari?" asked Tina in a confused voice.Oops, thought Ken."Before we go into that," he said, "Why don't you tell me about your home life. Maybe there's something we can use to help us get you legally out of her care."The discussion continued until. I remember this asshole bigotsnarling impotent threats at 'Manda as his posse of friends stood backand laughed at him. After that no-one dared disrespect us to our face.I didn't tell her about my origin. There seemed no point. Even loversare allowed secrets. Jase and I kept the truth to ourselves. The curiousthing was that Amanda was completely cool with me seeing Jase. She neverthought of him as a rival or complained when I spent the night with him."There's something really sweet between you.