I learned that her name was Jessica and she was a high school student on their cheer squad. "Oh really? I'm James. Are you a senior?" "Nope! A junior....I'm only 17. Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone here " "It's our little secret. I'm twenty, by the way." "That's cool! What do you do?" I told her about my desk job, and how I had an apartment to myself (though I didn't tell her that my parents helped me pay for it). She seemed impressed, and told me that she lives with her parents in Ohio. "Oh that's. It didn't appear that any of us had any control over what happened.Megan didn't say anything at first. She sat down on the bed and took a deep breath. I saw confusion in her eyes. That's when I got scared. I had seldom seen Megan confused before. She always knew everything. Finally, she looked at me."Patrick, I need you to answer a question for me. It doesn't matter if the answer is yes or no. There is no right answer and you are not in trouble either way. I just need to know the answer." She. But there was just one more thing I just had to ask before my mom had to leave, "Mom, where's dad and my brother and my two sisters?" She then replied as she slowly began to sob a little, "Your sisters Marcy & Lacey, along with your brother Jake will be here in the next couple of days." As my mom continues she begans to sob a litle more, "And your father left us, but I cannot get into that right now. But when the time comes, you'll know." And with all being said she got up and give a cuddle. I finished my meal, washed my hands, drank some water and squatted sat down close to the carpenter who was also in a squatting position doing some work on the door that was removed and lying on the ground. The carpenter was well known to us for ages and he lived in the neighbourhood and did many odd jobs for us. No wonder mum went to sleep allowing the carpenter to do his work.We fell into talking. He asked me about little, little things I cannot now remember.I found that now and then his eyes.