I don't mind constructive criticisms but if it is flaming, I will ignore it. I've always been nice about giving constructive criticism about other people's stories and I hope they do the same for me.



"Hello? Is Annie Camden there?" The caller asks.

"Yes, may I ask who is calling?" Annie asks.

"Yes, I'm Juliana Diaz we used to go to high school in Phoenix."

"Oh, Hi Juliana!! I didn't recognize you." Annie says.

"Hi, Annie. How are you doing?"

"Great. How are you doing?" Annie asks then responds, "Good, what have you been up to lately?"

"Well, I am visiting GlenOak and need to talk to you which is important."

"Sure, when are you leaving?" Annie asks.

"Sunday night. Can we meet tonight?"

"Sure let me call you back after I check with my husband to make sure he will be home." Annie responds.

"Okay, here is my number at the hotel."

Annie then hangs up after given the number, calls Eric to find out that he can watch the kids then she calls her friend back and tells her she can come to meet her at the pool hall. Later that evening, Annie told the kids she is going out to see a friend and gave Eric the number where she will be. After she left, Eric and the kids as well as Matt went to the Dairy Shack to have some burger and fries then came home, Matt went to his apartment. Lucy and Mary were doing their homework while Ruthie colored in her room, the twins were in their play pen in the living room while Eric looked over Simon's assignment about the act committing themselves to keeping the country together.

"Do you understand everything?" Eric asks.

"I think so. Mr. Diamond said that I should just state the facts of what he did and talk about how this country would have been if it hadn't been for him." Simon says.

"It is almost like reporting."

"Opinionated means telling the reader how I feel right?" Simon asks.

"Right."

"He gave me a list of books on Abraham Lincoln at the library."

"Well, when will you get started?" Eric asks.

"I want to get more information on him and books."

"Let me know if you need help." Eric says.

"Okay dad." Simon says as he heads upstairs to his room.

Eric then picks up Sam and David from their playpen and let them crawl all over him until the twins needed to go to bed. Eric got the twins asleep with Lucy's help then twenty minutes later Annie got home. The kids were asleep when she got home, she ran to her room and closed the door. Eric then went in, closed the door then tried to console Annie but she pushed him back.

"Annie, are you alright?" Eric asks worriedly.

"I'm fine, I just don't want to talk to you right now."

"What is wrong?" Eric asks.

"No, I just don't want to talk. I just want to go to sleep."

"Honey, how do you want me to help you if you are so upset and you won't tell me?" Eric asks.

"I just want to go to sleep okay?"

"Okay, but I still love you." Eric says as Annie brushes her teeth as he sits on her side of the bed then goes to the bathroom to brush his teeth says as she put her pajamas on and went to sleep with her light off on the night stand.

Eric made sure all the doors were locked downstairs then got in his room to put his pajamas on, brushed his teeth in the bathroom then got in bed. He turned off the light on his night stand and when he was sleeping he held on to Annie to console her. During the night Eric had woken up when he put his arm on Annie's side of the bed but it fell. Eric then looked in the twins' room, Ruthie's, Simon's, the girls' room then the den, as well as everywhere else.

"Annie?"

"I'll call you back tomorrow dad, bye." Annie said on the phone with Charles when she heard Eric call her.

"Annie? what are you doing here?" Eric asks.

"Oh, nothing just thinking."

"In the garage?" Eric asks.

"Yes, I just needed a place to think." Annie says

"What? With the phone?" Eric asks as he sees Annie hide the phone.

"Yes, it makes me feel better."

"Honey is there something going on that I should know about?" Eric asks.

"No. Let's go to bed." Annie says as she and Eric leave for their room.

"Well, Okay. But I want to know what is going on." Eric says.

"Don't worry honey, I can handle it."

"Let me know if you can't and you need me." Eric says as he kisses Annie and they both fall asleep minutes later.

The next morning Annie gets up to make breakfast for the kids as well as Eric then after everyone leaves Annie calls Charles while the twins are playing in their playpen. Meanwhile Lucy, Mary and their schoolmates get ready for the charity ball that they hoped would raise lots of money to help foot the bill for the medical and funeral costs. Simon gets more books and articles on Abraham Lincoln and feels he is ready to start as Ruthie does her homework and getting excited to sleep over on Friday night. While at work Eric starts thinking about what is going on with Annie so just as he is about to call Charles the phone rings. He calls Charles after finished with the call but later hangs up since he wasn't home and leaves for the poll hall. Later that night while Annie was out with Patricia, he called Charles but was unable to get a hold of him since he wasn't home. After Eric hung up, he went upstairs after Simon called him for help with the report on the achievements of Abraham Lincoln, Simon thanked his dad. After 20 minutes Eric hears Annie come home then goes downstairs to ask Annie if he could help with anything. Annie tells Eric that she doesn't need help but wants him to play with the twins until dinner was ready. The next morning the kids get to school as Eric gets to work and Annie does some cleaning while Matt is in school.