Every family holiday, vacation and casual function went through her. The guy in the middle didn't care to make plans and the guy on the right was powerless.

He was always too busy at the bank, anyway. And some of the older cousins said he came home half-drunk most days.

And that's why she'd organized this picnic at the rock quarry. There wasn't a drink for miles. Finally she had her brother's attention.

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