She’s my little sister! God, I’m sorry. I really thought you knew” Jim explained, his embarrassment over the withheld information flooding his t...ne.“Sister?” Amy quizzed with a start. “You and Beth are brother and sister? Shit, I’d have never guessed! And you had three kids? How old are they, anyway?”“Jack’s thirty-five, Janine’s almost thirty-two, and Rod’s turning thirty next week” Jim listed off. “Personally, I think Rod’s sister is planning on presenting him with another niece as a birthday. . mind you, that might not be such a bad idea, you’re going to need lots of new clothes and shopping’s something that she’s really good at. I think it might be an idea to let her tell Ma about you, too ... just tell Bernie what you told me and she’ll find a way to tell Ma in her own inimitable way.“I was going to take a holiday in the sun before you arrived, but I don’t know if we’ve got time to get you a passport, and, anyway, if you haven’t got your birth certificate we’ll have to get a. The next day was the same for me, mundane housework, shopping and cooking.I knew I would not hear from you that night, you informed me you would be outof town for the evening. At this point I didn't much care one way or the other.You see Master, I had steeled myself for the inevitable; my release. I settled the kids for bed and made myself a mudslide. As the cool liquidslid down my throat I thought of you and cried. I love you with all my heartMaster, as I am sure you know. I finished my drink. “Welcome to Team USA.”About twelve hours later, after a four-hour layover in Panama, we landed in Santo Domingo. By the time we were out of customs, it was after one in the morning and fortunately Coach had transportation passes to hand to the cab drivers that got us all to our hotel. The concierge looked at us a little strangely when Kate, Wendy, Allie, and I all checked into the same room. But it was beautiful. We were told to sleep in, relax in the morning, have lunch and meet as a team at.