Jarrod bristled at Nick calling Candy dumb. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but she made up for it in other ways, which brought a smile to the attorneys face. Jarrod had met her at a fraternity party and was immediately attracted to the blonde haired beauty.

Her father was a doctor so it made sense she would know some things but she was wrong, very wrong about what she had told them. It made sense what she was telling them but this was after drinking almost nonstop for the last twenty four hours so everything sounded good to him.

"She wasn't dumb Nick she just got some of her facts confused."

"She was dumb Jarrod," Nick accentuated dumb. "The only reason you were seeing her was because she was..." Jarrod threw another pencil at Nick to shut him the hell up. Nick turned to glare at Jarrod and threw the pencil back at him. "If you throw something else at me you're going to be sorry."

Jarrod snorted, "Oh really?" Jarrod threw pencil back at Nick and smirked at him.

Nick rose towards Jarrod but Victoria's voice halted him, "Nicholas sit down this instance and Jarrod quit throwing things at your brother." The remaining siblings could not hold in their laughter any longer and started laughing out loud. Victoria glared at them but to no avail she was losing control of the room. She stood, "This nonsense stops NOW!" Everyone looked at the silver haired matriarch. "Please continue Jarrod."

"Candy was not dumb," Jarrod directed at Nick. If he would have really thought about it her suggestion was pretty bad but this was Candy after all. "We all knew we would have to go to church Sunday morning but we had been drinking since Friday night so we knew we would be hurting entirely too bad for services. We tried to figure out ways that we would not be hurting so bad the next morning but could not come up with anything."

Heath asked, "So while you were trying to think of how you would get to church Sunday were you still drinking?"

Jarrod rolled his eyes, "Yes."

Eugene asked, "What about the chickens were they still in the house?"

Jarrod sighed, "Unfortunately yes. I was worried about getting to church the next morning and kind of forgot about them." Jarrod took a sip of his Scotch. "That's when I asked Candy if she knew of anything since her father was a doctor."

Nick mumbled, "Dumb blonde," again.

Jarrod glared at Nick, "If she was so dumb why'd you do it?". Nick shrugged his shoulders in defeat. "That's what I thought. Candy told us she had overhead a conversation her father had with someone stating they had heard it was possible to drink yourself sober with no side effects or hangovers."

Victoria asked, "What? That is ridiculous."

Jarrod defended himself, "Well at the time it sounded like a good idea."

Victoria asked, "So is that when you raided your father's wine cellar?"

Jarrod mumbled, "Yes."

Eugene asked incredulously, "You raided father's wine cellar?"

Victoria answered, "Yes they did and in addition to that they drank the whiskey he had just gotten shipped in from Ireland." Victoria shook her head at the memory. It was bad enough about the chickens and her rose garden but when Tom had found his wine cellar empty she had thought he was going to kill the boys.

"I bet father was furious," Eugene said.

Jarrod winced at memory. His parents were so mad about the chickens in the house and mother's rose garden he had forgotten about his father's private stock of whiskey they had found and drank. When he heard his father yell his and Nick's name he immediately knew and prayed for mercy on his soul.

Going to his mother for protection was out of the question because she still wasn't talking to him. He looked at Nick but he was still sick from all the liquor they had drank. Jarrod thought for a brief second of leaving to do ranch chores but that would only be delaying the inevitable. Besides if he stayed there would be witnesses to hopefully save him.

Jarrod had never seen his father so angry before. His face was beet red and his hands were shaking while he was trying to regain his composure. Victoria interceded on her son's behalf and finally had calmed Tom down so father and son could talk although his father yelled and hollered more than he talked which did nothing for Jarrod's hangover.

Nick spoke, "Father was furious at us and if mother hadn't stepped in I believe me and Jarrod wouldn't be here right now." Jarrod nodded his head in agreement. "As it was he hollered for three straight days which did nothing for the God awful hangovers we had thanks to the dumb blonde."

Audra spoke up, "If she was so dumb Nick why did you listen to her?"

Jarrod looked at Nick waiting for his answer. Jarrod knew why he had listened to Candy but now he was curious to hear his brothers answer.

Nick cleared his throat, "Ah well," he fidgeted nervously while Jarrod grinned at his obvious discomfort of the subject. He finally answered, "You wouldn't understand Audra." Nick decided it was time for a drink and poured himself a healthy glass of whiskey. He looked at it and winced and wondered if his brothers choice of scotch to drink had to do with that party and his father. Nick looked at Jarrod who smirked and Nick decided maybe he would start drinking scotch too.

Heath asked, "So Nick you were sweet on Jarrod's girl?" He smiled at Nick.

"Everybody was sweet Candy." Nick smiled at the memory of Candy as she was one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen. Jarrod had excellent taste in women. Nick sighed, "Blonde hair, blue eyes, she looked like an angel until she talked. The girl was dumb." Nick looked at Jarrod, "Sorry big brother but you know she was."

Jarrod shook his head, "Well she may not have been that smart but we were the fools who listened to her. I know why I listened to her but you and Carl had no excuses."

Nick chuckled, "Guess you got me there big brother."

"So long did you drink after Candy came up with that idea" Eugene asked.

"The next morning," Jarrod sighed. "We thought the more we drank the quicker we'd sober up." Jarrod shook head. "And after it was apparent that wasn't working and church was no longer an option we decided to go to bed. But we had forgotten about the chickens in the house."