Chapter 1
Abigail and Audrey ran through their garden aimlessly, as they did many days after pre-school. They loved to run in the grass and feel the warm Princeton air on their cheeks. They enjoyed sitting in their porch swing and playing in their flowers. But what they enjoyed the most was listening to their father talk to them. Their father, Greg, wasn't exactly qualified for Father of the Year, but he most certainly did love them. He was rude, sarcastic, and very head-strong. His comments to others only made his daughters laugh. Many say they had developed his knack for sarcasm. This only upset their mother, though she was beginning to feel amused by the situation.
One day after pre-school, as Audrey and Abigail wandered through their gated garden, they saw their father limping home from work... alone. He was always alone after work because let's just say Mommy liked to work late and Daddy... well Daddy didn't like to work. So, Audrey chased her father into the house, followed by her younger twin Abigail. As Greg sat down on the couch for a break, his two daughters plopped down next to him, not to his surprise. Still, he needed to relax.
"Tell us a story, Daddy!"
"Yes Daddy! A STORY!" shouted Abby.
Greg only sighed. "I'm not good at stories. You know that. Your mom's the good one."
Accross the room, an older girl around the age of 10 giggled. "Hey Dad," she said, "Why don't you tell them about that one time you got arrested." She laughed again.
Greg glared at her as his youngest daughters started acting shocked and asked questions like there was no tomorrow.
"I KNOW DADDY!" said Auddy (that's Audrey's nickname if you couldn't catch that). "Tell us how come," she stuttered, "Tells us hows come Alyss", more stuttering. She'd always had troubles prounouncing her half-sister's name, "Alyss.."
"Alysa," said Greg.
"Yeah," said Auddy, "Tells us how comes she gots a differnent mommy. How comes she gots to go every other week." Auddy stared up at her father with curiousity and eagerness. Greg only glared down at her as Alysa laughed from across the room as she continued to read her book.
"YEAH DADDY!" shouted Abby at his other side.
"Well..." said Greg as the girls' eyes brightened, "if it'll calm you down..." The girls got excited. Looks like this was having an alternate effect on them. "But in order to tell you THAT story, I have to start somewhere else."
"Start where?" asked Auddy.
Greg sighed. "Once upon a time, there was a man named Gregory House..."