Mother Nature relentlessly screamed through the numerous holes in the roof and broken windows as if to warn that the mansion was no longer a place for...the living.Once all welcoming to the highest echelons of society, it is now home to a dozen or so bums. Each one taking a room, making it home, and declaring it their possession. Some by graffiti on the door, others by a blunt sign that read FUCK OFF and STAY OUT.The smell of human shit and weed being smoked filled Ray's nose and made him wretch. Nickie was just finishing putting in the last of the morning's laundry after having done the breakfast for the boys and packing them off to school. The coffee was brewing in the kitchen and the vacuuming was all done. Yet another day started and not much to look forward to.The washing machine was only half filled today. She liked to make sure that she kept on top of the dirty clothes, no-one else was likely to bother to pick anything up and put it in for cleaning so she made the effort to do a. We turned to quickly see her mother leaving the garage. We had been caught!This was not going to be good at all! I had no idea of what to say to Nikki and sure as hell could think of nothing to say to her mother. I told Nikki that I had better just leave. She gave ne a kiss and told me that she would take care of everything. I hopped in my truck and went home and sat there kicking myself in the butt for being such an idiot. My phone rang and when I answered it was Nikki. I knew I was not. At thirty-five years old I think it's quite safe to say I love my life. I have a beautiful wife, Marcia, and a wonderful daughter. Marcia is an accountant in the city and I’m a construction project manager. However, I guess you can say the one hiccup is that my line of work requires a lot of travel but the pay is usually worth it. It was a rainy Friday afternoon in New York when I arrived at LaGuardia. I had been away for three weeks and I was very much looking forward to seeing Marcia. The.