Published: 23 Apr 2026
From the Previous Chapter:
Once he was ready for bed, Ken Thomas sat on the edge of his bed, as he had begun to do, as of late, and he thought of the things that went on during the day. The one thing that he did notice was that he didn’t feel so stressed as he had the past few days. He was so looking forward to having a good night’s sleep.
It wasn’t long after he turned off the light in his bedroom and crawled under the covers that the owner of The Cove was fast asleep. This was the first night in the last three that he slept so well. Even the boys all had a good night’s sleep, for a change.
Ken Thomas woke up more refreshed that morning than he had in the previous few days. He also felt good inside now that he had a good night’s rest and the opportunity last night to talk to Doctor Jennings about all of the things that were on his mind, which were stressing him out.
The owner of The Cove went and got ready for his day and then headed out to the Kitchen Nook for his first cup of coffee and to read the morning newspaper as he waited for the boys, as they came down for breakfast before heading off to school.
Momma Maria had the man’s coffee ready for him as he sat down in his favorite chair at the Nook’s table. She came over with his favorite cup and poured the hot brew into it and after he took his first sip, he raised it to her in his usual salute to the woman for taking such good care of him.
The three youngest Cover boys came down at their usual time and Matthew and Darrin immediately took care of the two resident pets’ first meals before sitting down to a Momma breakfast.
‘Dad’ Ken made some small talk with the boys as they ate. He told Phillip that he ordered a new cell phone for him and that he hoped it would be there either today, or tomorrow. The youngest Cover thanked his ‘dad’ for getting him a new one, as he really misses not having one.
It wasn’t too long after the three youngest boys left for school that the three older Cover teenagers came down for breakfast. ‘Dad’ Ken made small talk with them, too, and he asked them to please work on the lists and to get their younger ‘brothers’ to do the same, as the Holidays would be upon them before they know it.
Rosemary saw a totally different man walk in the office that Wednesday morning, and it put a big smile on the executive secretary’s face. She was happy for her boss that he was able to figure out what was bothering him and get it sorted.
It wasn’t too long after Ken Thomas arrived at work that he received a call from Stewart Russell, the lawyer who specialized in protecting the rights of juveniles. The lawyer worked out of Bill Jackson’s office and had been on retainer by Mr. Thomas to help with all of his ‘boys’ problems.
Mr. Russell called to let Mr. Thomas know that the court had set a hearing for next Tuesday at nine o’clock, to settle the insurance companies question as to who would receive the proceeds from the life insurance policies of Darrin Rossman’s parents and brother. The court would also settle the question of the insurance coverage on the house and its contents to include the belongings.
Mr. Ken thanked Stewart for that information and asked if Darrin needed to be there. The lawyer recommended that he bring the teenager in case the judge had any questions for him. Mr. Ken made a note on his phone and then rang Rosemary to put that on his schedule for next Tuesday.
Later that morning, Ken Thomas received a phone call from Amy Ozarker, his lawyer who took care of his legal issues back east around his Crystal Lake Amusement Park. She called to tell him that the judge had set next Thursday morning to hear her petition that the funds the police confiscated from Lane Blankenhart be awarded to Kate Partlunds for Lane’s back child support of his son Jessy, and the remaining funds be awarded to Lane’s mother, Evelyn Blankenhart, to reimburse her, for all the money she spent on his legal fees.
The lawyer indicated to him that, more than likely, it would be a protracted hearing that could last at least two days because the police were going to fight it saying the funds were drug related. Amy told him that she had already told both Kate and Evelyn and the three of them were working on gathering supporting documents to present to the courts in advance of the petition.
Mr. Ken asked her what he would be able to contribute to the trial. And all Ms. Ozarker told him was that she needed him to be there for Kate’s sake to offer her his support and encouragement, that she could prevail through this.
At school that morning, Phillip still had a few students come to him and try to ask him about what happened to him last Saturday. But Darrin was there to keep them from bothering his ‘brother’ about what he experienced and send them on their way. Phillip was happy that Darrin was there so he didn’t have to answer their questions, and be reminded of what he had to go through.
The young Cover was also happy that his ‘dad’ had gotten him an appointment with Doctor Doug tomorrow, so he could talk to him about what happened to him and what he was still feeling about the whole incident.
Darrin was still glad that he wasn’t the one the gunmen had taken hostage and potentially would have taken to somewhere unknown, and possibly killed. That was because he wasn’t there one day to give the main guy his gun back.
The teen, though, did have his own worries, as he and his older brother were the ones responsible for setting all those fires in his area some months ago before his entire family perished in an accidental fire in his home late one night.
He and his older brother, Dawson, were building their fire-starting mechanism down in their basement, well after their parents had gone to bed, the night of the house fire, when it somehow went off.
He and his brother had everything they needed together to start an arson fire that coming weekend, when the mechanism malfunctioned. Dawson, the sixteen-year-old, tried to douse the fire, but with all of the accelerant the two teens had down in the basement the fire got out of control very quickly.
Darrin saw what was happening and was lucky enough to get out of there just as he saw Dawson trip and spilled a can of gas that then flashed over the fire and ultimately blocked the older teens only way out of there.
And with all of the gasoline, kerosene, turpentine, and isopropyl alcohol they had accumulated to affect the fire they had planned for that coming weekend now ignited, the fire and accompanying smoke spread so quickly that their parents were overcome and could not get out of their upstairs bedroom, and had passed away from the acrid fumes long before the fire consumed their bodies.
After lunch, Ben Walthers came to Mr. Ken’s office to see what he had to say about Rene Vaugh’s, Viewers Want to Know, segment last night on the roller coaster he told her about.
Ken Thomas had to apologize to his President of TFE, LLC saying that he had a special guest for dinner last night and that he didn’t get to view any television. Ben said that he understood and told his boss where to go on the internet to view that video.
The two men watched what Rene had to say, about what Ben showed her, as the possible roller coaster they were considering to install next fall, when they expand the Four Corners Amusement Park.
The news reporter showed the coaster video and they heard how difficult it was for her to talk over the noise the coaster train made as it went up the launch hill that would be right next to the now vacant lot. Mr. Ken liked what he heard and saw. He now had to hope that it would be enough to convince the property owner to put those 8+ acres up for sale.
After Ben left his office, Ken Thomas called Judy Turner, the Director of Children’s Protective Services, to let her know about the court hearing next Tuesday that would assign the proceeds of the Rossman’s life and house insurance policies. He wanted her to know so that if Darrin’s uncle was hesitant to take the teenager due to lack of funds, that this might be a game changer, if the funds were made available for his use.
Judy Turner thanked her friend and told him that she would call the uncle and let him know of this potential funding to help him raise Darrin. The Director of CPS also told Mr. Ken that she would submit a Friend of the Court letter to the judge outlining where she would like to see some of the funds to go in order for Darrin to be raised by his uncle, who indicated he would like to rise him, but does not have a large income that could support adding a teenager to his family.
After his call to Ms. Judy, Ken Thomas called his fiancée, Kate. He wanted to talk to her and let her know what was going on with Phillip, and everything else that has happened since Saturday. He also wanted to tell her about Darrin and that the courts were going to decide on the distribution on the teen’s parent’s life and house insurance policies.
Ken wanted to assure to her that Amy had everything set to go and all she and Eveyln needed to do was follow her lead. Ken also told his fiancée that he should arrive sometime on Wednesday and that they could go out to dinner then and that he would be there with her for the court proceeding on Thursday.
Kate told him that she loved hearing that he would be there with her for what she knew would be a contentious hearing. She told him that the police were telling everyone they knew that the seized funds were indeed drug money, and that it would be used to purchase sorely needed additional police equipment.
Ken reassured her that things would work out and for her to keep her spirits up so the boys don’t worry. Ken then changed the subject and talked to Kate about her and the family coming to The Cove for the Holidays. He still hadn’t gotten a firm answer from his fiancée and he was trying his very hardest to get Kate to commit to be with him for the Holiday parties.
The couple continue to talk about what Christmas gifts to buy for the boys and how decorate the house and before long they told one another how much that they loved one another and then they ended the phone call with Ken again telling Kate that they’d go out to dinner Wednesday evening.
That evening, after dinner, as part of their evening meeting, Mr. Ken told Darrin about the court hearing on Tuesday that they both needed to attend. The foster dad explained to the teen that the courts would decide where his parent’s life and house insurance monies would go.
Mr. Ken explained that whatever is assigned to him would be placed in a Trust Fund for his use for when he goes off to college, or a trade school. The man added that if he doesn’t do either of those, then only part of it would be made available to him each year until his twenty-first birthday, when the entire amount would be made available to him. Mr. Ken added that he set the Trust Funds up for the other boys in the same way.
Mr. Ken then explained to Darrin that since his uncle had made some inquiries about raising him that some of the funds could go to him in order for him to help raise him. Darrin did ask if he had to go live with his uncle.
And the answer he received was that Ms. Judy was charged to place him with a family member when they offered to raise him. Matthew then spoke up and told him that the twins, Kevin and Kyle, didn’t want to leave either, but their aunt and uncle agreed to raise them and they had to go.
Mr. Ken then reminded Phillip about his Doctor Doug appointment tomorrow, Thursday. The man then asked his foster son to let him or Mr. Wayne know when he is working at Four Corners that weekend, so they can assign a security person to be there with him.
‘Dad’ Ken then told the boys that he would be gone next Wednesday through Friday as he needed to go back east and support Kate at a court hearing that dealt with Lane. In the meantime, he told the boys that Mr. Wayne and Mr. Dennis would be supervising the decorating of The Cove, and that they needed to have their Christmas and gag lists ready for them to start shopping by next weekend.
Charles asked his dad if Mr. Dan was going to help them with their Christmas shopping this year, as he has the past few years. The teen’s dad told the boys that Mr. Dan wanted to do that, but it would all depend on his work schedule.
That night, as ‘dad’ Ken said good night to the boys, Darrin again asked about his having to go with his uncle. Mr. Ken explained to the teen that his hands were tied and that if his uncle came to take him to live with him and his family, he would have to release him. He explained how had he tried to keep Kevin and Kyle, but the system would not allow him.
After Mr. Ken left, Darrin thought about the answer that Mr. Ken gave him. He told himself that he would have to think of a way to keep from having to leave that ideal home.
In Phillip’s room, ‘dad’ Ken talked some more with the youngster about what he should talk to Doctor Jennings about tomorrow. The man encouraged the boy to talk with the doctor about everything that was bottled up inside of him, no matter how small, because of what happened last Saturday. The foster dad explained that the more he talked about it the easier it would be for him to move forward and leave it behind, as he grows older.
Phillip told his ‘dad’ that he would as he knows how much talking to Doctor Doug has helped him get through what his mother had done to him by leaving him alone so much and not giving him good meals.
As he went to bed that night, Ken Thomas felt that the day had been a good one, after what he experienced over the past two, in that things had settled down for him, and that issues were moving forward.
The man did know that there would still be the normal pressures of getting Christmas gifts for six boys, planning the two Holiday parties and now he would have to try to convince Kate and family to spend the Holidays with him at The Cove.
When he turned off the lights in his bedroom that Wednesday night, Ken Thomas was looking forward to a good night’s sleep. And even though the owner of The Cove slept well, one teenager was still mulling around in his mind ways that he could stay at The Cove.
After getting the boys off to school, Mr. Ken waited for Wayne to arrive before he headed off to the office. And when the Estate Master did arrive, the two went to the Study to talk.
“Wayne, Matthew’s birthday … it’s in a couple of days. I was thinking of what to get him. So, I would like you to go out to Lowe’s, Home Depot, McCoy’s and a place called Tuff Shed and look for a nice sized building about 10 feet by 14 feet, as a place that the teen could use to begin his Dog Training business and work out of,” suggested the man’s employer.
Wayne sat there for a few moments and then responded, “Ahh, Mr. Ken … ahh, for as much fun as that would be, I know that the boy … well, what I mean to say is … don’t you think that Matthew … that he would much rather spend the time maybe … doing that with you?”
Hearing his suggestion to get Matthew a place to base his dog training business out of turned back around on him, initially startled him. But as he sat there, Ken Thomas pondered what Wayne had just suggested.
He had told himself that he needed to spend a little more time with the boy, and this made complete sense that the two of them could spend the time together, and go out on Saturday and look for a good-sized building that they could place somewhere in the estate.
When Mr. Ken didn’t immediately respond to his suggestion, Wayne got that he over stepped his relationship with his boss. But then Mr. Ken smiled and told Wayne that he did need to spend time with Matthew, and that was a great idea and that was what he and the soon-to-be teenager would do come Saturday morning after breakfast. All Wayne could do was smile that he hadn’t messed up.
Once he got to the office, Rosemary had a phone message for him and she told him the man had asked him to call him as soon as he arrived. The caller was none other than Jules Diamond.
“Jules … I thought you’d be gone for at least a month,” teased Ken Thomas.
“Don’t I wish, but the nine days we were gone were wonderful. Plus, I have a large business that I wanted to get back to,” replied Jules.
“Oh, Jules, if you hadn’t heard, Kate and I …. we got engaged that Saturday night after everyone left the reception,” reported a smiling Ken Thomas.
“Well, congratulations,” offered Jules Diamond. “When is the wedding, or is it too early to say?”
“It’s way too early, Jules, but I figure it will be in late spring and it will be back east in Kate’s hometown. And all I need to do is figure out a nice honeymoon place for us to go to,” offered Ken.
“I have a ton of brochures that I used to decide where we went. I’ll send them over. Now, let’s get down to why I had you call me. I understand you have a situation that may require an additional security man,” inquired the owner of Diamond Security.
Mr. Ken then explained to Jules what happened last Saturday with Phillip and his mother and what he felt might be necessary, for the foreseeable future, concerning Phillip. After listening to what Ken had to say and how often Phillip might need an accompanying security person, Jules felt that taking one man off the estate detail for those few hours shouldn’t cause the men any problems.
The owner of the security company told Ken that he’d coordinate everything with his scheduling people and detail supervisors, and for them to assign an estate security man, on a rotating basis, whenever Phillip needed to be off the estate. Ken thanked his good friend for doing that for him and then they ended the call.
At school that morning, Darrin talked with Matthew about the Trust Funds that Mr. Ken had mentioned that his ‘brothers’ had. The teen, since he didn’t have a chance to ask his ‘brothers’ about them after Mr. Ken said good night to them, asked Matthew what he knew about them.
Matthew told Darrin that when any of them had been given a large amount of money, Mr. Ken had it put into a Trust Fund, as he said. Darrin was curious as to why they would receive such a large sum of money. Matthew told his ‘brother’ that all of them, except Phillip because he wasn’t living with them then, were involved in an airplane accident, and they all received a big bunch of money.
The young Cover told Darrin that they were all able to keep some money out for themselves, but that the rest was put away for their future. Matthew then told his ‘brother’ that when he was sent to live with his biological dad, that Mr. Ken also added all the money that CPS had given to him to use to pay for his food and clothing.
Darrin was now very curious about two things. How much money did Matthew have in his Trust Fund, and why is he back living at The Cove if he was sent to go live with his dad. But the first bell rang, so he didn’t get the chance to ask those questions.
Ken Thomas had no sooner gotten off that call when his executive secretary, Rosemary, told him that the boy’s lawyer, Stewart Russell, had called and asked him to call when he had the chance.
Mr. Ken was curious as to what Stewart might have for him, so he quickly called the lawyer. When Mr. Russell got to the phone, he told Mr. Ken that the linear construction company’s insurance lawyers had presented him with a counter offer, which he was obligated to present to him.
Stewart Russell reminded Mr. Ken that the construction company’s insurance had initially offered $25,000 to Bill and $50,000 to Phillip as settlement for their accident which was countered by them and they had asked for at least $125,000.00 for Bill and $1.25 million for Phillip.
Stewart now told Mr. Ken that the insurance company was now offering $50,000 to Bill and only $200,000 for Phillip. There was silence on the phone.
“Mr. Ken … Mr. Ken … what do you want me to do?” now asked Stewart Russell, when he didn’t hear anything from his client.
“Stewart … I believe I had stated that if they persisted in trying to get us to accept a low-ball figure that we’d file a lawsuit. So, what I want you to do is go back to them with our latest offer, which is at least $125,000.00 for Bill and $1.25 million for Phillip and tell them that this is the only offer that we will accept and they have until Monday to respond.
“Then come Monday, if they refuse our demands, you are to file a lawsuit against the construction company, the on-site construction supervisor, the driver of the front-end loader, that flagger and anyone else involved in that debacle in court and we are going to ask for at the minimum of $1M for Bill and $5M for Phillip from each of them.
“Use as our basis their incompetence in the hiring of inadequately trained personnel, improper use of communication devices, poorly trained personnel, and negligence along with blatant miscommunication between the construction supervisor and the flagger and whatever else you can think of. And you can tell them, if you want, that we intend to sue them if they refuse to satisfactorily compensate those two boys,” directed a somewhat perturbed Ken Thomas.
Ken did get to talk with Kate later that morning. Kate could tell that he was in a much better frame of mind than he was the other day, and for that she was very happy. She felt that with all he was involved in, with his businesses and what the boys added to the mix, were what caused him to stress out, as he had the other day.
She knew what trouble her two boys got into that caused her to stress out, at times, and so she couldn’t fathom what six boys could do. But she hoped that once they were married that she would be able to take some of that stress off her husband. But she would never tell him that.
Kate did love to hear what Ken was involved in and that morning she was surprised to hear that Jules and Eleanor were already back from them honeymoon. She laughed that Ken was out for blood against the construction company’s refusal to pay Billy and Phillip just compensation for their stress and injuries from the accident caused by the front-end loader.
She was also curious as to the birthday present that Ken was buying Matthew. Then once Ken told her that with Christmas just three weeks later it was difficult buying him something meaningful, and with his dog training business that building would be perfect.
Ken then added that with his going out with the boy to choose it would also be something that Matthew would just love, as all the boys are always wanting to spend some alone time with him.
The two did talk about their upcoming wedding. Ken asked about a time frame and Kate told him that when he was there next week, she had some things she wanted to go over with him, like the date, reception and the number of people to invite. Ken told her that he’d be all ears then. The two had a good laugh over that.
Later that afternoon, Bill Jackson, Mr. Ken’s primary lawyer, called. He wanted to talk to him about a settlement that one of the television stations had offered in regards to the defamation of character lawsuit that they filed against them and the other station, as well as the radio stations and newspapers over the way they reported Bill’s accident.
“Ken, one of the television stations … they have offered to settle our lawsuit against them. They are offering $1 million to you and only $250,000 for Bill. What do you say to those terms?” asked Mr. Jackson.
“Well, they are just a little above what we got from that first newspaper. Did they say what brought them to this agreement?” asked Mr. Ken.
“Ken … I think it had something to do with that encounter you had with that news reporter at the Diner on Saturday. That is only my hunch, but … well, she hasn’t been seen on the air ever since,” added the lawyer.
“Bill, I like what they are offering me, but I think Bill is being shortchanged. Counter that I will accept the $1 million, but they need to offer Bill $350,000. See what you can do. And Bill … remember, the others … they will have to be higher than whatever we get,” chuckled Ken Thomas.
After school, as they ate their afterschool snacks, Darrin asked Matthew to tell him about the airplane accident they were all in. Even Phillip was interested in hearing about the airplane accident, so he asked his ‘brother’ to tell them about it.
Matthew told his ‘brothers’ that they were flying back from visiting their ‘dad’s’ parks when all of a sudden there was a loud bang and the plane filled with smoke. He added that the flight attendant came around to make sure they all had gotten an oxygen mask on, and that they would be landing at the nearest airport as soon as possible.
The soon-to-be teenager then told how he could hear the pilots calling out “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday,” and they descended really fast and that the crew member then told them to run away from the plane after they landed. Matthew continued and said that when they landed there were fire engines following alongside them. Matthew also told his ‘brothers’ that he was scared that they would all crash and die.
Phillip spoke up just then and said that he remembered now that Mr. Wayne told him something about an engine breaking, which caused the emergency and that the way the airport handled them afterwards with no food or medical treatment caused them to be given some money, but he didn’t know how much.
Darrin then asked Matthew how much did he get. But the pre-teen told him that when any of them receive large sums of money it was something that they don’t talk about. He added that it was nobody’s business and they only got to keep a hundred dollars, or so, to spend on whatever.
Darrin then asked if Mr. Ken would do the same for him when the court awards him his parents life insurance money. Matthew said that he probably would, but he would only know that
answer by asking their ‘dad’.
Momma Maria was listening to the boy’s entire conversation, as she always did, and thus she learned that Darrin would be getting some money soon. And just like when the boys received the money from the airplane incident, she probably wouldn’t know how much.
The other question that Darrin had was why Matthew was back living with Mr. Ken after being sent to live with his real dad was put on hold for now. The teen figured he’d asked his ‘brother’ too many personal questions for now, and that he’ll have to pick and choose a better time later.
After dinner, during their evening meeting, Matthew was surprised to hear that on Saturday he and his ’dad’, Mr. Ken, would be going out searching for his birthday present. The soon-to-be-teenager had a great big smile on his face that his ‘brothers’ all saw.
‘Dad’ Ken then reminded the boys about his court appearance on Tuesday with Darrin and his flight back east on Wednesday for another court hearing on Thursday with Kate. He told the boys that he’d be back late on Friday.
Again, ‘dad’ Ken asked the boys to be working on their Christmas and gag lists, so they could begin shopping when he returns. Robert asked his dad why couldn’t they begin shopping that weekend.
The teen’s dad asked his son if he had his lists finished, and when the teen said that he didn’t the dad told him that was why they couldn’t start shopping that weekend. The boys all laughed at Robert for asking the question.
‘Dad’ Ken then told Bill that he did talk to Mr. Jackson about one of their lawsuits. The foster dad told the teenager that there was some movement with one of the television stations, and that they hope that they will soon have a resolution.
Then he told Phillip and Bill that Mr. Russell also called him about their lawsuit with the construction company. Again, the foster dad told them that there was some movement on that front and that he hoped there would be a settlement soon. ‘Dad’ Ken then added that if they don’t settle soon there will be a protracted lawsuit, which would happen after the Holidays.
All the boys talked amongst themselves about those two issues and wondered how much their ‘brothers’ could eventually wind up with. ‘Dad’ Ken heard what they were talking about and he reminded them about not talking to anyone about the lawsuits and especially that their ‘brothers’ could get a sizable amount of money because of them. The boys told their ‘dad’ that they understood.
‘Dad’ Ken then told the boys that the Holiday parties would be on Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd, even though they were so close to Christmas. He told them that the previous week would feel way too early and this way it should really put people in the Christmas spirit.
He also told the boys that the high schools would be installing their projects over the weekend of the 16th of December. With that said he bolstered his need for them to have their lists ready to go as they would not have a lot of time to shop and get the presents wrapped and under the tree in time for Santa to arrive. The boys all giggled at the mention of Santa Claus.
Later that evening, Mr. Ken talked some more with Bill about the two lawsuits. Bill thanked his foster dad for doing that and he told the man that he hoped that the companies would agree to settle, so that he wouldn’t have to testify.
In Phillip’s room he did essentially the same thing. He wanted the boy to know that he, and the lawyer, were working the issue and he hoped that it would soon be over and there would be a few extra dollars in his bank account.
With the bank account mentioned, Phillip asked his ‘dad’ if he would get any of it to spend. Mr. Ken smiled at the question and he told his foster son that he would give him a few dollars to spend, as he wished, but that the rest would go into a Trust Fund for his future.
Phillip then asked if it would be like he did for Matthew.
Again, the boy’s ‘dad’ smiled and he asked, “So, you heard about that did you? Well, yes, I will do that for you, as well. ‘Son’ … you’re too young to have a huge amount of money at your disposal and the Trust Fund … it will be invested so that it will grow for the time when you will need it as you go off to college or a trade school. But … well, let’s not put the cart before the horse. How about we wait and see what the construction company agrees to pay you. OK?
“Oh, and I did get your replacement cell phone, today. I didn’t notice it in the Study until I was coming upstairs. Remind me tomorrow morning, and you can have it and when you get home from school you can set it up, or have Robert, Bill and/or Charles help you.”
The two shared a hug before ‘dad’ Ken went on to Darrin’s room.
In Darrin’s room, the teen asked his foster dad if the money he gets from his parent’s life insurance would be placed in Trust Funds, like what happened with his other ‘brothers’. Mr. Ken was honest with his foster and told the teen that he would give the teen some money for him to spend, but that the majority of it would go into the Trust Fund for his future.
Mr. Ken then asked Darrin not to tell his ‘brothers’, or any other person, how much money he might get through the insurance companies. He told the teen that no one other than the two of them needs to know how much he might get due to the passing of his parents and brother.
Darrin then asked if his uncle would get any of the money. Mr. Ken told the teen that the court could award his uncle a portion of the funds to help raise him. Darrin didn’t say anything after that. The two then shared a hug and Mr. Ken headed down to his retreat.
On his way down to his own bedroom retreat, Ken Thomas passed the resident pets coming up the stairs. Both Chief and Sarge stopped for their own goodnight greeting of some behind the ear scratches and a belly rub and then the three went on their merry way.
The owner of The Cove, dad and foster dad sat on his king-sized bed before going to sleep that night, thinking of how much the boys thought and knew about the Trust Funds. He was a little concerned that the lawsuit money was becoming a focus of the boys, as of late. And the worst thing about it was that he knew he couldn’t do anything about it, because he was the one who kept mentioning the lawsuits to them.
Mr. Ken decided that he’d try to bring the boys back down to earth after the individual lawsuits were over and try to instill on them that the money would be there when they needed it the most as they went off to better learning endeavors at either college or a trade school.
The man then turned off the light in his bedroom, pulled on the covers and went to sleep. The Cove was peaceful and quiet the whole night through.
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