" Sure mom."I led the way into the brightly decorated room; white furniture, walls and overflowing with green plants. Mother had always kept a sterile...home - and had always loved greenery. I looked around, almost as if I had not seen the place before - but it was exactly as I had seen it two days before. I often picked mom up from her home to bring her to mine - so as she can spend time with my kids, her grandkids, and share in our nightly supper. We did this as often as four times a week with. "Why I couldn't let her abort you. I knew you was mine."I just nod. I still feel like I just dodged a bullet.We sit in silence for a while. I've been a rotten son the last couple of months. He's probably been wondering if that was why - if I was never his child and it was just beginning to show. "Dad..." I've been trying all day to say I love him. That I trust him. That I am so relieved and glad that he's my father. "That day I gave Trina my car..."He nods, "Yeah the day you started-" he clears. “I can understand how deeply Felix cares about you, too, which to me is a huge part of this. He’s in love with you, Jake. A blind person should be able to see it. And what’s more, my dear, polyamorous, bisexual, dominant son, you’re in love with him, too. Anyone who has such a deep love for my son is family to me, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.“On a different note, how do you guys feel about a hot brown for brunch? It’s later than you think and I have some leftover turkey and bacon to use,. The smile on her face showed how much she was enjoying letting down the barriers of social relations in such a Democratic way.Essie and Lovey were having a great time in the pool and the Professor and Mr. Candleford kept them occupied with special underwater games that left them giggling and jumping on the surface like a pair of crazed camp followers. They moved it into the tented cabana at the deep end and their shouts of laughter filled the night air over the quiet Gulf of Mexico. Gallagher.