"Jackie," Janine said and the girl turned to her and looked expectedly, "I need to talk to you about two things."

"Sure mom, what's up?" Jackie asked. She was the most helpful of all of Janine's daughters, despite their conflicts.

"First, the easy thing, you sure you can't take your sisters to your dad's place?"

"No, please no," Jackie groaned.

"Okay, then can you watch the house on Friday when I am driving them up? Your dad will be bringing them back on Sunday and I will be back late of Friday night probably. It will just be a couple of hours really."

"Sure," Jackie said, "We can figure out...