Even in separate homes, they continued to treat one another like family. While Barb recovered from a surgery, Inez brought her meals for several weeks. Barb would host the boys and shuttle them around the city when Inez had work trips. One spring, Barb came down with the stomach flu and was out of commission for weeks. Scott walked into her room, and Barb told him to call his mom because she was going to be sick. Instead, thirteen-year-old Scott found a dishpan in the bathroom and ran back to hold it by Barb’s bedside as she vomited. Then he wiped off Barb’s face with a washcloth. “People have
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