"Ah, ah, ah! I'm wise to your tricks. I have no intention of cooling my heels for two years while you hand the floor to yet another personality."
Sharlene shrugs, and sits back down.
Reaching behind her into a large duffel bag, she pulls out a copy of Felicia Gallant's "The Heart that Heals" and throws it into a circle of stones off to the side. As you watch, she strikes a match and tosses it onto the book. Both of you gaze at the book as it slowly catches fire. Sharlene smiles happily.
Before you ply Sharlene for info about her brother, you ask her to clear up the mystery of
(1) Josie's father