"Who handles your investments?" I asked out of curiosity."Mostly mother and I, with occasional guidance from Mikeya's father." Remind me to have Cathe...ine look into it and see if maybe Jeff can help them," I thought to Grace.Grace smiled and nodded."Do you travel a lot?" Vickie was asking Kalani."Not really. We came here when Mikeya came of age, three years ago, and have been returning every year since. We really do love it here."She came of age at fourteen?" Nicky asked."On Tapato, a woman is. I had just had to move in with my dad at the end of the school year to a small town about an hour away from where I had been living with my mom because she was going to be working on the other side of the country for the summer. I was pretty pissed off with the whole situation because I wasn’t going to be able to see any of my friends all summer, I didn’t know anybody in the new town, and I had only met my stepmom once before. My dad and I were never close either, so I was pretty miserable. I loved Lauren in many special ways that no one else could ever replace because she was my wife's older sister and because she'd weathered the same grief I felt about losing Karen. I resolved to call her when I got to the house, although I was still working to fully accept what she'd revealed to me.I walked up the beach back to the house, the surf lapping at my feet and ankles. I retrieved my cell phone and called Lauren. She didn't answer, but I left a simple message for her: "Got your long. I agree it would be nice to get away. I could do with a week at the beach working on my tan. My body is lily-white at the moment I look terribly pastie."I poured Jack a glass of lemonade, and he gulped it down before sitting down at the breakfast bar."Did you talk to the kids? How are they coping? I know you were worried about their mental well-being locked up together. Their apartment isn't really big enough to get away from each other."I could feel my face beginning to blush as I searched my.