Mom was fuming, but refused to back down.“What’s going on?” Patty asked.“Mom’s decided that I’ve been nothing but trouble all summer and t...at I used to be a good boy. My problem is that I don’t think the rules apply to me and she’s threatened me with some vague consequence she refers to as a ‘rude awakening’. I’m also apparently an ungrateful bastard.”My mother blew her stack. “Do you have any idea what this monster said to his sister just now?!!?” she yelled.“Yes,” Patty said. “He told her he. Someone was just giving Peggy a hard time. Probably over the bill she still owed on. I was pissed. Why do we have idiots always trying to cause trouble with single women?When I got there Peggy ran up to me and told me that the doctor said he was having Trina admitted immediately. The doctor came out and came up to me to apologize for the admitting error. I told him to apologize to Peggy, not me. It was her that must have misunderstood him about the admission of her sick daughter. He went over. When I stuck my head in, I got two different looks. From Lynne was a look of almost sorrow, or at least what I interpreted that way. Jill was ticked off at me. That much was plain."I'll talk to you later," Lynne said."Got it," I said. And then, for reasons I still can't explain to this day, I said "I love you both," and turned around and left. I got my shoes and socks and carried them to my room. What I really wanted was to take a shower, but I thought that might seem somewhat cavalier, so I. I packed up and we separated. I had a good trip home.Over the next year, I did my job and really enjoyed my work. I met some girls, but other than a few dates, my love life was fairly weak. My folks got along well, but my Aunt Lettie (the 2nd grade teacher) fell down in class and got a bad concussion, with some brain damage. She could still talk and was not a veg, but she had to take a medical retirement. She moved in with my Aunt Dot. They got along ok and visited Mom regularly just as usual..