Chapter 18: It's Coming Together Piece By Piece
Vinny comes down the stairs aggrivated. "Sarah is a mental patient." Vinny said to Lorraine as he walked down the stairs. "No she isn't." Lorraine replied. "Then why does she think that I'm trying to replace Charlie?" Vinny asked her. "Replace Charlie?" Lorraine then asked. "She thinks that I'm trying to be a big brother to them. All because I was rough housing with your brothers." Vinny explained. "Charlie did do that with them before he went off to college." Lorraine told him. "I know that now thanks to Sarah." Vinny replied. "Then last night she told me I ruined her life." Vinny added. "How did you do that?" Lorraine asked. "I have no clue. She was so mad at me that she slammed the door in my face last night and just now." Vinny explained. "She is just upset that we haven't seen Charlie since his wedding to Ann." Lorraine told him. "I sure hope so." Vinny responded. Tom walks in the door. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked them. "Hanging out." Vinny replied. "I know it's 8 and the kids are probably hungry so I'll order out." Tom told them. "You don't have to dad. Me and Vinny already cooked for them." Lorraine explained. "You cooked for them?" Tom asked her. "Don't worry Tom I cooked everything. She only cooked what Sarah ate and that's why Sarah is in a bad mood." Vinny told him. "I didn't know you could cook." Tom said as he walked into the kitchen. "I married Lorraine I had to know how to cook or I would be a thin stick by now." Vinny said to him. "This is great. Are you sure you made this?" Tom asked him as he was eating the spaghetti that Vinny made. "I'm sure." Vinny replied. Kate now walks in hte door. "Sorry my book signing ran late." Kate said as she walked into the house. "You should try this Kate." Tom told her. "Who made it you or those two?" Kate said with a worried look on her face. "I did. Lorraine had nothing to do with it." Vinny said as he tried to assure her that Lorraine didn't cook anything. "I'll try anything once." Kate replied as she took a bite of spaghetti. "This sauce is amazing. You can cppk here anytime you want if your other meals are as good as this one." Kate told Vinny. "It's my father's recipe. He was the one who taught me how to cook. He told me my mother wasn't that great at cooking." Vinny explained to them. "I guess finding a wife who can't cook runs in your family." Tom told Vinny. "No, my brothers were lucky they both found a wife that can cook. I can out cook those two anyday of the week. I'm the best cook on the DiMiranda side of my family." Vinny told them. "Who's the best cook on your mother's side?" Lorraine asked him. "My Aunt Marie." Vinny replied. Vinny and Lorraine leave and go back to their house.
It's the next day and Vinny is driving Jake and Mark home from school. "Thanks for driving us home Vinny." Mark told him. "No problem." Vinny replied. "Jake why didn't you tell me that Charlie use to rough house with you guys like I did yesterday?" Vinny asked him. "You never asked." Jake replied. "Sarah thinks you're trying to replace him doesn't she?" Mark asked Vinny. "Yeah but, that doesn't explain why she hated me when we first met. I mean she was cool before me and Lorraine got married but, after that she was a pain in my ass. She would always argue with me and do anything she possible could to make me angry." Vinny explained to them. "That's because Lorraine and Sarah were pretty close after we went to Lake Winnetka in 2005. Actually they were always pretty close. They were always arguing but, I knew Lorraine was Sarah's favorite sister no matter how much she denied it." Jake then explained to Vinny. "Then she moved to New York met me and now me and her are married." Vinny said trying to piece everything together. "It's been two years since Lorraine and Sarah actually had a nice conversation. In fact it was when we were at Lake Winnetka in 05." Mark told Vinny. Vinny pulls up to his house. Jake and Mark get out of his car and go to their house.
Later that day Vinny is trying to talk to Sarah but, she doesn't want to talk to him. "I want to know why you hate me." Vinny said to her. "I don't know why I just do." Sarah replied. "Is it because I married Lorraine?" Vinny asked. "What does she have to do with any of this?" Sarah then asked him. "Jake and Mark told me everything. What happened at the lake two years ago and how you and her use to argue all the time." Vinny explained. "They're lying. I never liked Lorraine." Sarah told him. "So, she was your favorite sister?" Vinny then asked her. "That's none of your business. I'm out of here." Sarah said as she walked out the door.