"Well Mom didn't take much more than her clothes when she moved in with Aunt June," Jim explained, "and neither Susan or Judy wanted any of the old fu...niture." Oh I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it," Maria said. "In fact, I kind of like it, it looks very comfortable."Jim said that it was."You still have the same bedroom?" Maria said as she stepped from the living room to the smallest of the three bedrooms. "I thought you'd have taken one of the bigger ones since the whole apartment. Say hi to my friends." "No, thanks," Quinn mumbles. "Oh, come on! Look, I'm sorry, okay? I'm not good at this dad stuff. You know how rude Owen can be sometimes - it reflects. I'm learning. Come on, Quinnie. Come downstairs and talk to us." Quinn looks up at the wall clock. It's been only five minutes since Owen left. He probably wouldn't be back for a while. His stepdad smiles gleefully as she gets up and follows him outside into the hallway. "Call me James," he says, holding his hand out for. She came back to the table and told Twilia and Brende that he didn't want to get up. Twilia went in the office and got a key card and waved Joci and Brende to follow her. I thought I had better go make sure they didn't kill him. When I got there I heard Twilia say, "Well you ain't in Kansas anymore Todo, so get your ass up because this is end of cycle day and the girls have to clean the room and change the linens" I don't know what he said but he hit the floor right after he said it. She told. I called Darlene to cancel my morning and got dressed. I tied my hair up since I didn’t have time to brush it, and washed my face, brushed my teeth and practically ran out of the apartment. I took the elevator down, my foot tapping impatiently when I felt the second wave of nausea hit me. I slapped a hand over my mouth and held it in.“Oh, dear,” said an old lady from my building when she found me throwing up in the parking garage. “Your first?”“What?”“First child,” she said. “I was completely.