It was something she had been bullied for inschool and that had made her more or less reclusive preferring to hide at homewith her books instead of go...ing out with friends. Her mother had eventuallyaccepted this and stopped bothering her about it. In fact, her mother had herhands full with Lisa, Thea's younger sister. Lisa had turned 13 years old butlooked much older. While Thea had her mother's small frame Lisa had taken afterher late father with quite broad shoulder and a well developed body. A couple nurses also were present. There was an involved conversation between doc and the older nurse, and at one point Gaston was also there. I now felt wide awake, but things were occurring so fast that I was getting confused. Clipboards were being checked, a loud laugh shared by everybody there, then suddenly doc was standing right over me, looking at my face. He told me I was a very lucky young... person, with just a hint of hesitation letting me know the doctor had seen what I was wearing. Ninay is out of step with the entire family.It is Ann who finally cuts the floor out from under Ninay one evening at the supper table when she tells Ninay to shape up or leave the family. She tells Ninay that we have no place for her as she is behaving. Right there at the table, Ninay appeals to Krissell who tells Ninay that Ann is right. And then Krissell adds: Don't you dare ask Ganda, or God forbid, Jake. If you do, Ann and I will throw you out immediately!I ignore the entire discussion as. We soon had enough for a down payment for one of the mill houses. Carl was promoted to a supervisory position at the mill after his college graduation and it was just about a year after that when Carl Jr. was born. Life was good in my little town east of the river. As a matter of fact, life was wonderful. It couldn’t have been any better. We didn’t have a care in the world, our bills were paid every month, we all had our health, and we were surrounded by our family and friends. We still managed.