It was Kick alone who told them they were callous, that they ought to sympathize with their mother and the brutalities she endured. Oh, how her brothers would laugh and make fun, mocking their mother behind her back for the way their father cheated on her, flaunting his infidelity. Joe would bring his lovers home, parade them around the front porch, take them sailing—Jack, at twelve, had actually plunged off the side of a boat once he realized that Dad and his movie star girlfriend were having sex on board.
