Both of them hated Lydia for coming between her and her husband. Beneath the surface, the four people had reason to blame Lydia for their unhappy situ...ation, and beneath the surface the feud simmered, occasionally boiling over into open conflict. This conflict was passed down from them to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Even now, while they no longer shot at each other, the Mitchell children and the Cooper children will only speak to each other if there was no way of. . and Joe, thanks."I was definitely puzzled by her remarks. I didn't let it bother me as I went back to reviewing our new estimator's bids for several new remodeling jobs.At precisely 12 o'clock I opened the front door to Lenora's knock. She knew from experience that the buzzer still had not been replaced. She quickly introduced the three of us to Dr. James Stryder, President of Southern State University. Even though Dr. Stryder was smiling and effusive with his handshake, I could tell he was. Or so it seemed to Kyle and that's how he explained it to me and I believed him. She had a little red sports car, her own credit cards, and two celphones. Jocelyn was beautiful, a lot more than her mom was. She didn't get her good looks from her dad either. He was an okay guy and Kyle looked normal, but Jocelyn was like from a whole other gene pool."She's adopted," Kyle said as we stared at the door. He was the only person on the planet totally unimpressed by his sister. Or so he pretended, but. I like knowing that you two continue to share this bond."She seemed embarrassed that Robert had shared their secret, but was relieved that I was not appalled by the details of their relationship. But most of all, she seemed intrigued by my willingness to allow it to continue. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Does Robert know you are okay with this?" "Yes, I told him I was meeting you for lunch. In fact, while you are here, I will make him available to you. I really do understand how you.