Rather than a bunch of money and stuff going to Rebecca directly, it was put in their daughters' names who are now my step-sisters Evie and Ellie.Thei... biological father, Dick, was a businessman and made a lot of money while being unfaithful to his wife. Financially-speaking, the divorce papers Dad drew up basically set the twins for life. Unlike Jenny and I, Evie and Ellie were identical twins. They were only 5 months younger than us. Dick was half-Korean so the girls inherited some of the. He just loved it when Joe stayed overnight, in Mamma’s bedroom, and was there in the morning, eating breakfast with them. Sometimes he stayed for weeks, helping with the planting, or harvest. Sometimes all he did was fix things and tell stories to Bobby, who watched him fix things.As “Dada’s” face grew mistier, a new thing happened. Bobby had to stay with Mable, one of Mamma’s friends, while Mamma went away for a few days, and came back with a brand new little sister for Bobby. Bobby was. I knew I was patronizing him, Dr. Spencer knew I was and if I’d been five years older, he would have too, but since I was a kid, he mistook my tone for genuine. “I am aware that we’re treating your mother. Formidable woman. Tragic that she’s suffering.”“We’re all suffering Dr. Cromwell,” I said in a fair approximation of a saddened voice. It wasn’t hard. What I’d said was true, just not related to what I was blaming it on. “I appreciate your concern though. It hasn’t been easy to put everything. JR got notice that HQ wanted her in Denver where another business was in trouble. She provided the leadership and enthusiasm that turned that company around within a year despite a recalcitrant CEO that later got replaced.JR repeated her feat with several other rescues and then got to meet the man himself – Mark Worthington. Mark was well-known by that time as a liberal and visionary thinker, having multiple partners that he lived with who all knew about each other. JR went into the meeting.