I headed upstairs, and sure enough, my hitchhiker, sitting in thecorner, sobbing until he either heard or saw me standing there."You...what are you do...ng here? What's going on?"...we were in for a longpalaver.I sat on the floor, facing him. "Let's start over, cause last timefreaked me the hell out." He nodded weakly. "I'm Rachel. Rachel G--"He cut me off "Rachel Graham. 19. Born and raised in Ohio, moved to LAto pursue acting. World-class violinist who gave up on a full-ridescholarship.. The announcement of Elizabeth Barton-Warner’s only child’s engagement would create a hubbub in the city’s society circles. He hadn’t really taken that into account until Bob mentioned it.“Hailey will need to put together a bio and leave it with Barton’s PR people,” Molly agreed. “Phil’s is probably well known but she is probably unknown outside of Stony Ridge and with the Barton people. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the local TV stations don’t pick it up. There is a local gossip show on. Jill also knows the Hanukkah story. Not only knows it, but also believes that it was God’s intervention that caused the oil to last for eight days. I have my doubts about that, too. Jill notices my look of skepticism as she repeats the story. Her face looks even more radiant in the flickering candlelight. ‘It was a miracle,’ she says. ‘Just like the birth of Jesus, a miracle.’ Try arguing unabashed faith with scientific logic. You can’t, and therefore I don’t. Instead, I turn and kiss her. ‘So. The more he drinks, the better he dances.One time he danced right into the pool.'--Lily, 7 years old'I don't like beer very much. Every time Dad drinks it, he burns the sausages on the barbecue and they taste disgusting.'--Ethan, 7 years old'I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep.'--Shirley, 7 years oldAND THE BEST RESPONSE'My Mum drinks beer and she says silly things and picks on my father.Whenever she drinks beer she yells at Dad and tells him to go bury his bone down the street.