Here we go again with another chapter. I changed the title back to living, breathing, dying, but I like the summary.
When you love someone, you want the very best for them, even if that means giving up everything.
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Joe sighed. "And she keeps yelling at me Frank! I can't take it any more. Mom's yelling at me, Dad's yelling at me, and you're making me mad with Callie."
"Joe, I said I was sorry about Callie, OK? It's in the past now, what's done is done."
"Easy for you to say." Joe sighed. "I wish things could go back to normal."
"Why does Aunt Gertrude yell at you?"
Joe snorted, mimicking Aunt Gertrude's voice perfectly. "You're not perfect. You should be more like Frank. You only got a C. You only got a B! You got a 97 on your math test. You have stuff on your floor. How come you can't help me with the laptop?"
Frank sighed. "And Mom says she means well."
Joe grew angry. "Well, she doesn't! I hate her and I hope she goes to hell!"
"Joe!"
"I do!" he said angrily.
"Joe, calm down!"
"I will not calm down, I hate Aunt Gertrude, I hate you, and I hate Mom, hell with it I hate myself…"
"Joe, calm down, okay? I'll help you. I'll help you get through this."
Joe sighed. "Honest, Frank?"
"Honest."
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Laura glanced at the kitchen clock. "It's ten o'clock," she muttered to herself. "They should be here by now…"
"Yeah," Fenton said, coming in and hearing her. "I'll give them a look-see."
"Fenton, I'm sure it's OK. Let the boys be by themselves."
"With Callie?"
"Callie left two hours ago. She muttered something about Frank and walked out the door."
"Oh," Fenton replied. "Well, I'll just go to sleep. Gertrude?"
"Yeah?"
"If the boys aren't here by midnight, wake me up all right?"
"OK."
Gertrude had no intentions of waking Fenton up. She also had no intentions of letting the boys get back before or after midnight.
