I guess he was never home much anyway.”“No he wasn’t. I think Mom will be better off now. She sure has changed, she seems like another person no..., she’s so happy.”“Tell her that I’m proud of her for taking charge, and making plans for a better way of life.”“Yes Sir, I will. Our Uncle Robert and his twins are arriving later today. They’ll be living with us too. He sold his business in California and they’re moving back permanently.”“I remember him. I was younger, but he was always helping my dad. When I had a question, you answered it or you directed me to someone who would answer it. The reason I kept Lewis on was to make him pay for his sins – greed, arrogance. But I also kept him on so I could replace him eventually. Just as importantly, you’re willing to make the hard decisions. Look, let’s be realistic. I’m entering my junior year of college. I am not old enough to drink or rent a car. No one is going to take me seriously – unless I force them to take me seriously. I have neither. “Oh, right,” the girl says, smiling. She turns and heads right for the window. She takes a second to think about what she is about to do when there is a crash at the door. She turns to look, seeing the door is already coming off the hinges. Another crash and she takes a leap without another thought. The fall is ungraceful and no, she doesn’t land on her feet. “Ow! What the hell? You said we always land on our feet.”No, I said cats do. Obviously you only have the body of one, not the brains of. What had Marcie just said? Had she just called me master? In front of Mom and Lucy?Why the fuck would she ... oh.It dawned on me. I vaguely remembered telling her to call me that when she was under. I’d told my sister’s best friend to call me master, and I hadn’t thought to specify when it was or wasn’t appropriate ... like when we were in front of my unsuspecting mother and sister.Fuck.For the last few months, I’d been hypnotizing my sister Lucy, her best friend Marcie, and my mother. See, as.