Of course there were parents aplenty to help Hugh raise the children, Her Ladyship included. All the girls came onto the staff in one capacity or anot...er. Hugh, being our estate blacksmith, had proved his worth countless times. It took him some years, but eventually the sadness wasn't in his eyes the entire day.Marie and Frank were likewise prolific in their production of people to live and work on the estate. Cook's heart gave out. According to the doctor, it was her weight that did it, though. " Now he understood the meaning of powerless, he wanted to help his daughter so bad, but could provide little more than comfort.Darren's parents must be experiencing the same thing. At that moment, Phil had never felt so helpless and he was not the type of man who liked, or would even accept that feeling.Some time later that evening, after Becca and her dad had time to deal with their emotions. Her dad asked, "Does Darren know?"Becca sighed, "No... that was one of the things I was going to. Ontheir embarrassed faces were hints of eye cosmetics, as well as palelipstick. The wives thought it was the perfect look for their grooms.But it was what they were doing that made the picture perfect. The twosissies had their faces nearly touching each other, as if they were aboutto kiss. But in their mouths was a single shared bar of soap, with eachof them holding one end of it between his teeth, the unpleasant tastingsurface resting firmly on their tongues. They looked at their brides. "Don't you remember?"I shook my head."It was right after Paige left with that guy at the End of the Year party. You tried to rape me, remember that?"I winced and nodded. "Sorry." You've already apologized enough. My point is that I promised I'd do whatever I could to help you with her. I still think on some level that she's just a messed up girl who leeched off you and doesn't deserve this kind of support from you. But..." She took a deep breath. "I know that she's important to you. And what.