I guess it had to be kind of hard for Estelle, never measuring up to our mom. Sometimes I wished Estelle wouldn't try so hard.

     It was pretty amazing that almost every time Bones saw Gina, he went blind and mute at the same time.

     "Bones!" I figured screaming at him would snap him out of his daze, but my sister was wearing a running outfit, smiling back at Bones as she opened the fridge. What a disaster. He was mesmerized.

     "Hank… Martin!" I had to resort to the PA system. "I thought we were meeting . . . in the bathroom . . . off the kitchen!!"

     "Gina's looking for a peach, so I thought I'd help her."

     I'm surprised he could actually put a sentence together. Gina laughed. She loved Bones. I threw the dry clothes at him. "Get changed, ya goon. And bring a towel out here to sop up the leakage. If Estelle saw this . . ."

     Gina jumped in with an Estelle impersonation. "Despicable . . . despicable . . . you boys are slobs. Clean up this godforsaken mess!"

     Bones and I burst out laughing. Nobody was better than Gina at impersonating our stepmother.

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