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In so aroundthe rooms with her dreary depression Ihi he had water where he could reach it My kiss on his cheek tried to substitute for a wife's kiss

Now that Melodie was gone, I soon found out that she had helped a little just by getting up early once in a while to change and feed the babies She'd even bothered to diaper them several times a day

Often Bart drifted into the nursery, as if irresistibly drawn, and stared down at the tiny twins, who had learned how to s shadowy things were their own feet and their own small hands They reached for the led to pull them down and put them in their mouths

"They are kind of cute," Bart co a little to help by handing

me the baby oil and talcum Unfortunately, just when the twins almost had him won over, Joel strode into the nursery and scowled down at the beautiful babies, and all the kindness and sy hiuilty

Joel gave the twins one hard, quick glance before he turned away his offended eyes "Just like the first twins, the evil ones," ood will come of this pair either"

"What do you ed "Cory and Carrie never harmed anyone! They were the ones ere harmed They suffered as inflicted on them by your own sister, et that"

With silence Joel answered before he left the roo Bart with him

In mid-June, Cindy flew home to stay the summer Sheup her own clothes, which she used to drop on the floor She helpedtheir bottles as she rocked the in the rocker, a baby in the crook of each ar to hold two bottles at the sas bare and tucked under her She seemed very ht she'd shrivel into a dried prune

One evening she ca radiantly fresh and alive, sushed, twirling around and around "Just adore strolling the woods when the moon is on the rise"

By this ti drinks Bart pricked up his ears and glared at her "Who's waiting for you in the woods?"

"Not who, dear brother, but what" She turned her head to s to be nice to you, Bart, no matter how nasty you are toout rude and nasty remarks"

He glared suspiciously "I still think you'resome boy in the woods"

"Thank you, brother Bart, for only thinking of punishing me with nasty suspicions I expected more-- and worse There's a boy in South Carolina that I've fallen ht me how to appreciate all that money can't buy I adore sunrises and sunsets When rabbits run, I follow Together we catch rare butterflies and he mounts them

We picnic in the woods, swim in the lakes Since I' to stand alone at the top of a hill and try just strolling down It's fun to challenge gravity and try not to run all breathless and out of control"