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"Call me Cathy," I said as I sat up and reached for , and I appreciate another woman to talk to"

She began to pace the floor of ot to speak to a woman, someone who can understand more readily than a man, so that's why I'm here"

"Sit down I'm ready to listen" Tentatively she perched on a love seat, twisting a tress of her dark hair over and over, so it in between her lips

"I'm terribly upsetCathy Bart's toldfacts today He mentioned that you already know about us, that he loves ht us a few times in one room or another in rather inti not to notice, so I wouldn't feel eot all kinds of notions that most people think are obsolete"

She gave"ThesoAnd then tonight he took me into his office, sat down behind his desk and like a cold and distant stranger toldabout someone else, someone he didn't like I felt like a business client whose every reaction was being judged I didn't know just what he thought I'd reveal It occurred to usted, and at the sa

"He loves you, Cathyloves you al hter, stunned with her crazy notion don't even think he realizes how much he adores you He thinks he hates you because of your relationship with your brother" She flushed and lowered her eyes "I' to be open"

"Go on," I urged

"Because Bart feels he should hate you for that, he tries to Still, so which en, love or hatred He wants a woman like you, only he doesn't know that" She paused, looked up to meet my wide and interested eyes "Cathy, I told hi for a woman like his mother He went pale, almost dead white He appeared totally shocked at the idea"

She paused to watchBart doesn't want a woman like me, but the exact opposite"

"Cathy, I've studied psychology, and Bart does protest too much about you, so while I listened, I tried to keep an open mind Bart impounded also the fact that he's never been mentally stable, and that any day he could lose his mind and, with it, his inheritance Why, it's as if he wants oing to run," she sobbed, her hands covering her face so that her tears trickled between her long, elegant fingers "As ht he loved me, I can't continue to love and sleep with a rity--and worse than that, in his own"

Quickly I was on o, please, Toni, stay Give Bart another chance Give hih Bart has always been inclined to act on ireat-uncle hispers in his ears, telling him you love him for his money alone It's not Bart who is crazy, but Joel, who tells Bart what he should look for in a future wife"

Hopefully she stared atto check her flow of tears I went on, deter unworthy and the adult influence of Joel "Toni, the twins adore you, and there's only so much I can do Stay to help with Jory and help me keep him entertained He needs professional help to ress, too And keep in mind that Bart is unpredictable, sometimes unreasonable, but he loves you He's told me several ti your love for hi you what is the truth He was unstable ood reasons that caused his mental disturbance Hold fast to your belief in hireatuncle"

Toni stayed

Life went on as usual

Deirdre, before her first birthday, alking anywhere she chose to go, or we'd allow S, she char, which soon turned into si the way for Darren to follow Once she heard herself speak, she couldn't stop Although Darren was slower to walk, he was not slower to investigate dark, dim places that scared his twin sister He was the incessant explorer, the one who had to pick everything up and examine it, so I was forced to put expensive and delicate objets d'art on shelves he couldn't reach