He shook his head again. He thought she'd said he had to take his clothes off."I said take your clothes off and stand by the column." she said. "I'm p...inting you nude." No way!" he gulped."Way" his mother said. She pointed at the platform with her brush."But Mom, you'll see me naked!" he gasped."What in the world is wrong with you?" she said, turning to look at him. "I'm your mother. I've seen you naked ever since you wiggled your way out of me in that hospital."Robby suddenly had a vivid. " She hesitated. "I came to bury the hatchet." So you have an axe..." I accused."No, I came to apologize. Since my husband, I'm not too trusting when it comes to men." Well, don't start with me, Honey," I told her. "I'm an even worse pervert than you think I am. The only thing you can count on me to do is follow my dick."Jean smiled crookedly. "At least you're up-front about it." Honey, if you think that's any indication I'm not serious about getting into your panties, you've got another think. I stared down at her."You're right." I got off her and stood up. I reached a hand down to her, but she ignored it and stood on her own. "I'm sorry. That was out of line. But I really think you need to talk to someone. Your mom, Mikee, Tami. There's a lot of people of care about you."Kelly turned her back and went back to the window. I watched her stare out for several minutes, then left. Man had I blown it this time!I mean, if you can't learn life lessons from George Custer, who can you learn. Amy was a lot more nervous these days as well. Not having to contend with loan-sharks was one thing but sometimes she thought it was preferable to dealing with Casey. She’d never liked Jack’s brother. In fact she hated him. He was only a year older than Jack and herself, at twenty-nine, but he’d been luckier in life and made himself a considerable fortune on the shock exchange; he was overbearing and arrogant and since he began paying off the debts they owed he’d been treating Jack like shit.