“Tell me you didn’t really find me some kind of sanctimonious prick?” I asked.“When I was little yes. Later I had problems with what people sa...id about you, but mom told me how you were at the hospital. I need some help now,” she said.“Anything you know that,” I said from the heart.“It will wait till tomorrow. We need to get home. I missed my nap,” she explained.When we arrived at my small two bedroom one bath home, I found a house I hardly recognized. It never looked so good and I mean that. . you did." Me? I never said a word." No, Bill. You never said anything. I'm a History professor ... remember?" What's that got to do with it?" You've been careful ... except ... for these." Mina pulled a yellowing envelope from her home office desk.She opened it ... with a flair ... If there had have been a band, they would have played stripper music. As it was, Mina was dancing to her own internal music. She slid the contents out and back in with an exaggerated bump and elbow grind, laughing. ”He cocked his head and looked at me as if waiting to hear the punch line. When there wasn’t one he asked, “You’re kidding, right?”My cockeyed grin told him I was serious. I invited him to join us at our table. He sat across from me with an eager look on his face and almost whispered, “Man! Those two girls are hot! They’ll really ... you know?”I shrugged nonchalantly and replied, “They do what they’re told.”“Why?! Why would they let you tell them who they have to... ?”“Fuck? You can say it.. He didn’t call. Suzie told us that Mom was trying to enlist our aunts and uncles on her side of the fight, which probably wouldn’t work out so well, since they were all on Dad’s side of the family. I hadn’t seen or heard from them since the wedding, either, so presumably I was not one of the good guys as far as they were concerned.Suzie asked me if I wanted to use this chance to get back together with my dad, but I killed that idea real damn quick! I didn’t have any use for him either. After.