"Oh, you can swear?" I rolled my eyes, "But yeah, the sleaze offered dad before, why wouldn't he again?"

"If that's what it takes, maybe I will." She said, her eyes averted from mine.

"What? Mom, you better get some sleep, because I can't believe you would even say that."

"Ryan, if he'll hand me twenty fine thousand dollars to save the family as we know it, I'll do it."

"Bullshit you will! You think dad would...okay," I caught myself and went in another direction, "What about me? You know how horrible I would feel?"

"But you'd feel that way in this house and in a good school. Ryan, there's...