Rose and Lori are both out of town. Rose is at teacher training, and Lori went to a summer program for gifted students.
"Mom had told me to expect a check in early July for the lease on her Texas land. She also warned me
that Dad would try to get his hands on it. Dad actually waited at the foot of the hill for the mailman and
took it from him on the day it arrived, but when the mailman told me what had happened, I ran down
Little Hobart Street and caught Dad before he got into town. I told him Mom had wanted me to hide the
check until she returned. "Let's hide it together," Dad said and suggested we stash it in the 1933
World
Book Encyclopedia
Mom got free from the library—under. "currency."
The next day when I went to rehide the check, it was gone. Dad swore he had no idea what happened to
it. I knew he was lying, but I also knew if I accused him, he'd deny it and there'd be a loud yelling
match that wouldn't do me any good. For the first time, I had a clear idea of what Mom was up against.
Being a strong woman was harder than I had thought. Mom still had more than a month in Charleston;
we were about to run out of grocery money; and my babysitting income wasn't making up the
difference."
This just highlights Rex's terrible values and bad qualities. How can you literally lie to your daughter with a straight face? Additionally, that is Rose's money. Rose instructed Jeannette to hide it. His values inculde lying, cheating, and stealing. Are those good qualities of a dad, let alone any person? Kudos to Jeannette though for trying her hardest to follow her mother's word. It must be really hard trying to follow rules that your parents are constantly breaking.
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