But I was not going to screw up this opportunity with her.When I get back over to her apartment, I saw that her younger brother’s car was there in t...e parking lot and took the que to keep my wits about me and not mess anything up. I got my bags out of the truck and headed up the stairs to her apartment. I knocked on the door and said, “hey Sis it’s me, can I come in?”The door opened and it was our younger brother who gave me a hug and said “hey bro, I hear you got the short straw again (as he. That would be almost worse than you divorcing him. I’ve seen stuff like that before. You need to make sure he knows that he’s the daddy and Owen is the stepdaddy or uncle or whatever,” said Harriet.“In my letter to him I made that very point. I figured that he might be concerned about something like that happening. I made damn sure I spelled it out for him. I just hope he believes me. Know what I mean,” she said.Since finding my downtown apartment—number 104 at the Gloria Arms—I hadn’t gone out. “Thea?” Andrew called weakly. His wife hurried in. She must have been just outside the door listening, Rebecca thought. “Send someone for Father Dimitri. It is time for an old man to confess his sins. And my precious wife, please come back with Wesley so we may bless them.” Thea bent and kissed her husband before she hurried outside. She returned a few moments later with Wesley hurrying behind her.“Leo and Demi are waiting outside to see you as well,” Thea said. “They say they just stopped. Reid, I am sorry. You know you must had taken an extra effort on that test. I cannot do anything else than hold you two this summer for extra classes. I know you don’t like, neither me do, but you were the only two had didn’t made the grade.“But, Miss...”“I said I can’t, Miss Clawdeen. Personally, I would want to free you to your vacation, since you are two of my best students and being the only to not make the cut it wouldn’t hurt. But as Wayne School’s rules say, I must follow them and.