Luke was the eldest of us by about three months, which seemed important to him. In his eyes that made him the leader, and having grown up together we ...ad kind of got use to him being in charge. His younger brother, Mark, was a bit of a rebel and had a reputation as such.My name is Sandra, though nobody calls me that except my parents, to everyone else I'm Sandy. At the time of my story I was almost sixteen years old, about six months older than Jenny, my closest friend outside of school.. I could take up handyman or lawn care services if my back wasn't all fucked up. But it is, and that puts me out of work," I told her. "Yeah," she said, looking down at her feet. "Of course this is up to you, Jenn. I'm not going to force you to do anything. But if we don't figure out something and pretty damn quick, things are going to get very nasty around here. We have been able to keep most of our bills at bay, but this isn't going to last much longer," I said. We didn't talk about it. "I smiled at her," Do you remember what worried you when you heard that your dad w as going to marry? I asked her."Yes," she said with a watery smile. "I was getting confused because I was thinking of Isa as your mother instead of your aunt and I worried because you would then be my step brother." And at the risk of embarrassing you, can you tell your dad and Isa why that worried you," I asked.She said quietly "I thought that would make you think of me as a sister, and I wanted a different kind. Said landlord was a mighty tree stump plug of a feller, but allowed as he drove long haul truck most the week and was only home a few days. He gave his blessing to the rehearsal thing as long as we knocked it off when his rig was parked up in the drive and we didn't tear up the place too awfully bad.His place was a right sight nicer than the shack he rented me; red brick two story with a three car garage but I was never one for finery so I'd make do.He said his woman shouldn't much mind a.