"Thelma lifted her lips from his. "His grandma and Grandma Valerie will bemaking him pretty now, darling, and dressing him as a girl, ready to meetyou... downstairs."Roger's hand returned to the bed as he tried to sit up. "Dressing him asa girl?" he whispered, as if Jodie himself might hear him on the otherside of Sweetwell Park if he spoke too loud. "For me? Oh that's lovely. Iwant..." and he slithered up onto his knees between the mothers as hestruggled to say what he was a little ashamed of.. I wished Karen's father would drink faster. He took and gave back nothing. No one in our family would raise a finger to stop his suicidal spiral. He would think his daughter gave me what he took, even if she chose to be more than I could be.It was our justice.I called Rachel after practice. Like I hoped, she asked me to come over. I did not count on Michael being there, but he was sitting in the kitchen with coffee-stained papers in front of him. Rachel laughed at the look of disappointment on. ."Oh Hi Aunt Sylvia whats happening? "Peter I hate to call you like this but I really need you!" "What's wrong ? You Okay?" I said fearing the worst. "No peter I'm fine but my ceiling fan broke in my bedroom and I can't sleep at night with out it could you be a dear and install a new one for me?" I laughed and said " Sure Aunt Syl I can come this weekend is that Okay?" "Oh that would be wonderful!" Aunt Sylvia gushed " Tell you what Peter I'll make for you my famous fried chicken and. Those.”I rolled my eyes for a second and said: “Once upon a time, not long ago, didn’t you idolize a rapper because of his mentality? Didn’t you idolize the fact that he came from almost nothing, just like us? You still idolize him, do you?” I said, sincerely. She nodded.After a slight hesitation, she asked: “What’s your cousin’s story?”“Well, this will be a long story,” I started. “My cousin Jay and I were close. We still kind of are. We’re close-knit. All of my cousins that I am close to I.