That did it. Penny turned to her, flung her arms round her and howled.The Williamses stayed where they were and said nothing.After a few minutes the h...owls gave way to sobs but still Penny clung to Caroline who gently stroked her back but said nothing.Peter rose to his feet, kissed the top of Caroline’s head and tip-toed out of the room. He went quietly upstairs, collected a couple of Benadryl tablets from his bathroom, went back downstairs to the kitchen, where he crushed them, poured Penny an. ‘His once in a while very naughty auntie?’ They laughed and kissed one another. There was piano music coming down the hall and we walked back to the front. Karen had the baby while Susan and Phyllis sat at the big piano, working on four hand. I gestured at the three and mouthed, ‘Wine?’ She nodded and I went to the kitchen to pour. I gave the players their drinks and walked to Karen with hers. The baby was snuggled on her chest asleep. ‘You look like a fine mother. Do you need one of those?’. . thinkin, 'I hope my wife never finds out!'Tubby rolled over ... at least as far as she could, what with Frank and the 17 year old ... Tubby had shit the bed.The smell ... oh God!I jumped up and the odor ... and the used alcohol hit me ... my head split wide open and dribbled my brain out both ears ... but I didn't fall down."Mom, where's your Depends?" asked the 17 year old. There was a full Depends tangled up in the sheets at the foot of the bed ... my feet had just come from those sheets.It. It was a good thing that when the lodge had been expanded back in its heyday, they had included plenty of extra rooms and a fair amount of outlying cabins for summer staff. In fact this was the first summer it hadn’t been open to the public since it had been renovated. That had caused some problems, but nothing her family wasn’t able to handle. Once upstairs and making her way around to her room, she was a little surprised to find Levi Harper leaning against the railing looking out over the.