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up. I was here and dressed in this rag and these stupid

clodhoppers as well as this... diaper."

"I guess I shouldn't have expected anything

better from my aunt, but why did your father do that

to you?" I asked. Even though I had had some of my

things when Daddy brought me to live with Aunt Mae

Louise and Uncle Buster. I didn't feel much different

except I knew why they'd got rid of me. There was no

surprise for me there.

"He was. I guess I can safely say, at the end of

his patience with me. I was an embarrassment to my

mother, who sits at the head of the social table of high

society."

"What did you do?"

"I robbed a bank." Teal muttered.

"What?"

"I stole money from Daddy's secret safe, his

and my brother Carson's."

"And your own father sent you away for that?" "Well, it was a little more. I guess." Teal

admitted.

"I bet," Robin muttered. "Don't be fooled by her

sweet little face."

I turned to her. "What about you?"

"I didn't rob a bank. but I was part of an armed

robbery of a supermarket where I worked." Robin

said, looking ahead. It was as if she were reminding

herself and not telling us. "This is supposed to be an

alternative to going to a real jail. My mother darling

talked me into it, and like both of you. I was

eventually put in a plane and the same things


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