Helen left, and I opened the package. It was a standard flat document package, like millions of others. However, this one had come from Cynthia. Vague...ly, I recalled something about disclosure documents, and that is what these were. I had a moment of amusement when I realized that all the documents referred to things that might happen to me, by Cynthia, and none of the reverse. As I had suspected, this was not a usual thing for her. I initialed and signed as indicated, reaching finally a. To: [email protected]: "Arliss Stone" [email protected]: Reassurance SuppliedDear Mrs. Munger:First, let me congratulate you on what a fine young woman you've raised in your daughter. Susan has been a godsend to me and to my two young children, because (as I'm sure you know) I, too, am associated with professional baseball, travel constantly, and rely heavily on her in my absence to care for my children and our home.But getting to your immediate concern, let me give you my most. “When I look at you two, and look around this apartment, it is obvious that you’ve worked hard to provide for both yourself and your sister. And it is also obvious that you’ve succeeded. You’ve had to be both a big sister and a mother, to a certain extent, and from the time I’ve spent with Kate today, I’d say you’ve found the right balance.“I also know that in a job like yours there are good weeks and there are bad weeks. You told me yourself that some months there’s enough to live on, and some. The next day Janet called and she told me my mom had told her parents about seeing us at the park. Janet cried as she told me she could not see me again. I ran up to my room and laid across my bed crying my eyes out all day long into my pillow.I cried so much I must have cried myself to sleep. I did not know how long I had been asleep but when I woke up it was dark out as I sat up in my bed. I left my room and as I started down the stairs, I heard my dad talking on the phone. “There is nothing.
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