She was haggard and had lost weight, a lot of weight. Dark circles hung under her eyes, her fingernails were chewed to nubs, her beautiful auburn hair... was dull and her emerald eyes duller. My baby looked like she was dying and I was the one killing her. Oh God, I’d failed again. I’d let down my most important person in the world and I’d sworn I’d never do that. She was right. I had to do . . . something. ‘You’re right, Oli, I’ve got to act or see a doctor or something. Don’t move out, I’ll. Did you know Ekaterina’s farther used to and still do I think, fuck her on a regular basses, she told me some time ago, she looks forward to it too, and recons its better with him than any other man because he’s so gentle, sometimes she said they have a three some apparently Ekaterina came home from work one day went to get changed and found her Dad fucking Anastasia up the ass, she was moaning and asking him to do it harder” my Dad said “well, well would never think that about those two always. “Yes, Idid. She turned me on more than you ever have!” I turned away andheard him scream with rage. I turned back just in time to see thepolicewoman wrestle him to the floor. She glanced up at me. “You’d better go back upstairs. I’llkeep this guy here for a few minutes.” I nodded and went back upstairs to the interview room. Inever saw Jeff again after that night. When the police were finallydone with me, they offered me a ride to the train station or. I didn’t mind the variety at all.Of course, Alexis had started filling out since that nasty exchange with Mom and her firm decision to inquire about her lungs. It turned out that she had asthma that contributed to some chronic bronchitis, for which she was prescribed a fast-acting inhaler. She also got her yearly shot of pneumonia vaccine and that helped as well. Her only real health issues had been her lungs and the resulting thin physique that had slowed her development by a year or.