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the woman she is now from the one I married. I still have trouble with that."
"Then you still love her?" Rick asked.
Sam shook his head. "Jayne's the love of my life, but your mother and I had a few good years, and when you were born with the blood problem she was a model mother... stayed by you all the time. The problems with men started later. But I don't want to get into that with you. It's done. What about Sophie? How is she holding up?"
"She's pretty upset." Rick replied. "Walking in on a woman she thought was motherly and finding her having sex with two guys, one only seventeen, was stressful enough, but facing having to report it, knowing what it would do me and the family, is worse."
"We'll make sure she has our support, one way or another," Sam said. "Meanwhile, I think we need to keep this quiet until you talk to your mother and see if she's willing to turn herself in. I'll tell Jayne what's going on, but there's nothing to be gained by telling the others right now."
Rick never liked the idea of hiding things, which was why he'd always admired Jayne and the guts it took her to stand up in front of a class of fourth graders and explain why she'd spent five years in prison, even if it was for a crime she didn't commit. "So if Mom turns herself in and gets counseling, and it doesn't make the newspapers, this is to be our family secret?" Rick asked.
Sam got an odd look on his face, the same look as when they were talking about Justine's past, like maybe there were yet other family secrets, and Rick couldn't set aside the revelation that his mother and Marc had the same odd-colored eyes. But while he was mulling over whether to bring that up, Jayne and Becca swept through the front door.
Walking over to where Sam sat, Jayne bent over and kissed him and said, in an excited voice, "It's so good to have your mother back. This place is never the same when she's gone, and she's so happy to have another girl in this family." She took the baby from Becca's arms and nuzzled her chubby cheek, and said to her, "You'll be the apple of Grandma Maureen's eye, sweetheart. Well, you and Maddy. Two girls finally, after a string of seven boys." She looked at Becca then, and said, "Honey, you said Lindsey was keeping you up at night with all the baby noises. We can move her crib into the living room and set up the baby monitor so you can get a good night's sleep."
"Sophie's here," Rick said. "I'll be sleeping on the couch."
Jayne looked at Rick, baffled. "What made her change her mind about staying here? I'm glad she is, but from what you said earlier she seemed pretty set on staying with your mother."
Rick looked at his father, who clearly wanted the incident kept quiet, and said, "There were issues with Mom so Sophie decided to stay here."
"Issues?" Jayne said, eyes shifting between Rick and Sam.
"It's complicated," Sam said.
Becca, who'd been standing off to the side observing, said to Rick, "You said earlier that Sophie was going out with Buzz Newman tonight. Did something happen, again?"
"It had nothing to do with Buzz," Rick said, wanting to make sure Becca didn't jump to the wrong conclusion about Sophie. "How about we just drop the whole thing. Sophie's here and she'll be here until… I don't know yet."
Jayne handed the baby to Becca, and said, "Go get Lindsey ready for her bath and I'll be back to help you in a few minutes." After Becca disappeared down the hallway, Jayne said to Rick, "Honey, you really need to think things through with Sophie. She's making unwise choices right now, and by letting her stay here, you're enabling her to keep making unwise choices. She needs to go back to California and set things straight there and begin to organize her post college life. Right now she's drifting, and that's not good."
Rick loved Jayne, but he'd about had his fill of everyone telling him what he needed to do. "Look, Sophie's staying here because she needs me and I won't let her down." He turned and headed for the
"Then you still love her?" Rick asked.
Sam shook his head. "Jayne's the love of my life, but your mother and I had a few good years, and when you were born with the blood problem she was a model mother... stayed by you all the time. The problems with men started later. But I don't want to get into that with you. It's done. What about Sophie? How is she holding up?"
"She's pretty upset." Rick replied. "Walking in on a woman she thought was motherly and finding her having sex with two guys, one only seventeen, was stressful enough, but facing having to report it, knowing what it would do me and the family, is worse."
"We'll make sure she has our support, one way or another," Sam said. "Meanwhile, I think we need to keep this quiet until you talk to your mother and see if she's willing to turn herself in. I'll tell Jayne what's going on, but there's nothing to be gained by telling the others right now."
Rick never liked the idea of hiding things, which was why he'd always admired Jayne and the guts it took her to stand up in front of a class of fourth graders and explain why she'd spent five years in prison, even if it was for a crime she didn't commit. "So if Mom turns herself in and gets counseling, and it doesn't make the newspapers, this is to be our family secret?" Rick asked.
Sam got an odd look on his face, the same look as when they were talking about Justine's past, like maybe there were yet other family secrets, and Rick couldn't set aside the revelation that his mother and Marc had the same odd-colored eyes. But while he was mulling over whether to bring that up, Jayne and Becca swept through the front door.
Walking over to where Sam sat, Jayne bent over and kissed him and said, in an excited voice, "It's so good to have your mother back. This place is never the same when she's gone, and she's so happy to have another girl in this family." She took the baby from Becca's arms and nuzzled her chubby cheek, and said to her, "You'll be the apple of Grandma Maureen's eye, sweetheart. Well, you and Maddy. Two girls finally, after a string of seven boys." She looked at Becca then, and said, "Honey, you said Lindsey was keeping you up at night with all the baby noises. We can move her crib into the living room and set up the baby monitor so you can get a good night's sleep."
"Sophie's here," Rick said. "I'll be sleeping on the couch."
Jayne looked at Rick, baffled. "What made her change her mind about staying here? I'm glad she is, but from what you said earlier she seemed pretty set on staying with your mother."
Rick looked at his father, who clearly wanted the incident kept quiet, and said, "There were issues with Mom so Sophie decided to stay here."
"Issues?" Jayne said, eyes shifting between Rick and Sam.
"It's complicated," Sam said.
Becca, who'd been standing off to the side observing, said to Rick, "You said earlier that Sophie was going out with Buzz Newman tonight. Did something happen, again?"
"It had nothing to do with Buzz," Rick said, wanting to make sure Becca didn't jump to the wrong conclusion about Sophie. "How about we just drop the whole thing. Sophie's here and she'll be here until… I don't know yet."
Jayne handed the baby to Becca, and said, "Go get Lindsey ready for her bath and I'll be back to help you in a few minutes." After Becca disappeared down the hallway, Jayne said to Rick, "Honey, you really need to think things through with Sophie. She's making unwise choices right now, and by letting her stay here, you're enabling her to keep making unwise choices. She needs to go back to California and set things straight there and begin to organize her post college life. Right now she's drifting, and that's not good."
Rick loved Jayne, but he'd about had his fill of everyone telling him what he needed to do. "Look, Sophie's staying here because she needs me and I won't let her down." He turned and headed for the
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