The Next Bomb

Boy explains to Girl that he had to look for work and that is why that, at times, the mortgage was not being paid, but that would change going forward.  Boy had landed a job with Holland America – that’s right!  A cruise ship line.  He would be a Sous Chef – not even the executive chef.  He would be travelling 4 months on with a 2 ½ month furlough and then he would go back for 4 months.  Girl is stunned.  Girl has no idea what to say, so instead she starts to write notes.  Boy stated that he would start working in two weeks but had to leave for Fort Lauderdale in 4 days and return sometime in August. Boy said he covered all this with the children and that they were fine with it.  They would miss him but he would send for them with the money he makes so that they could visit him on the ship (do you really think that’s going to happen??)

Girl asked about the residence of the children.  Boy stated that Lilith would take over parental duties in his absence.  Girl was terribly upset about that.  This woman had never had kids of her own, hardly cared for them during the time they were with the couple because the children spent more time at MammaMia’s than with her.  Girl was also very afraid of the complaints the children had made about her punishments for silly ‘infractions’ on rules that Lilith made up to be a hard-nosed stepmother who was practicing her own form of ‘tough love’.  Girl expressed her deep concern but Boy dismissed it.  Girl made it clear that she would be contacting a lawyer about getting the children removed from the stepmother’s ‘care’.