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sin He says a man named Bartholomew Winsloas
my real daddy and he died in a fire Our mother
seduced him"
Seduced? I gave hi look
"Do you knohat that word means?"
"Nope--but I know it's bad, real bad!" "Do you love our mother?"
Worry tormented his dark eyes He sat heavily
on the ground and contemplated his sneakers He
should have answered quickly, spontaneously "Bart,
do o into the house
and tell Mo you They'll
understand anything I know you think Mom loves me
best, but it's not so She has room in her heart for ten
children"
"Ten?" he screaonna adoptto be old had ility he had That hospital stay had