When she finally calmed down and began to sober up she was completely distraught. She began crying and apologizing. She was almost incoherent. After a...bout 30 minutes she passed out. After I got the girls calmed down and to bed I sat in the living room in the dark and felt totally helpless. I decided then that if Jackie would not go to re-hab that I would leave. I would contact family and children services and let the chips fall as they may. I loved this family but I was being torn. In about 3 weeks Sal realized that Eric had a real knack for computers and put him to work full time. That was over a year ago, while Eric was still in high school. For Eric it was a break from being at home all the damn time with the ‘3 Wicked Witches’ as he called them. That morning, of early April, Carol had really chewed his ass for having stayed up until well into the morning online. Kim had ragged him for dressing like a looser. Tera had just snubbed him and drove off to take Kim to. ” Shit I thought she is calling me “Sally” all the time now”Mother came into the lounge and I handed her the phone, "here I’m just going to the toilet”, I said, my stomach was now about to release its contents, as I felt physically sick…I reached the toilet and wretched, nothing, and so I flushed and went to my room, I could here mother saying, “Why yes of course, Brian would be delighted to help, what was the charity you said? Oh yes the church guild, that’s fine I will tell him, and it’s nice. I was baby-sitting Jethro for two weeks while they went to Poland to visit Uncle Vik. Oh yeah! If things worked out like I hoped old Jethro was going to meet some nice ladies during those two weeks.Wednesday I help Papa deliver a computer desk he built and spent the afternoon helping him tidy up his shop. Papa's shop was as professionally outfitted as any fine cabinetmaker's. He had all the toys: planers, joiners, a high end table saw, and anything else he could possibly use. All of his tools.
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