Mom had called the family together in a family meeting. She had even called home Drew, (who brought with him, his cat Darius), Dria, and Aunt Dia who had moved out on their own, and brought in Den and Dell, who were to be five next month and could at least partially understand what was going on. Dad and Dani were there as well.

"I want you all to sit down. I need to confess something." She looked as if she was about to cry. Den looked sad, and Dell nudged Dani. "What's confess mean, Dani?" Dani hushed him and said, "It mean coming clean for something you did was wrong and promising to do right from now on." "Mommy did something wrong?" Dell asked as Den began to cry. Dani hushed them and told them to let Mom speak.

The other siblings frowned but waited for Mom to speak. Dad simply stood behind her - he knew - he had always known what she was going to say, and Aunt Dia had a knowing look.

"My side of the family is not dead or lost. Well, sone them are or will be soon. My mother is alive - and she is the CEO of Boats' Boats. She is Miriam Boats, the Matriarch of the Boats Family."

"The reason we did not tell you sooner," Dad continued after Mom, "is that Matriarch Boats and your Mom had a fight when your Mom and I married."

It was Mom's turn. "You see, my Mother didn't approve of Dad. Den and Dell, you won't understand this until you're older, but it was because Granpa and Granma Bones had immigrated here when they were young, even though they worked hard and became true citizens. When we married, Mother disowned and disinherited me.

"After all these years, Mother is now dying. My sister and her husband, and my brother and his wife have all died in the last 20 years, leaving behind their children to be raised by my Mother. She has split the estate between them, you, and me. She has also asked that your father and I raise two youngest children, the older ones are college age."

Den and Dell looked puzzled, so Dani explained, "Mommy's Mommy didn't like Daddy, so Mommy and Mommy's Mommy had a fight. It hurt Mommy's heart so badly that Mommy and her Mommy didn't talk for many years. Now Mommy's Mommy is sick and is going to Heaven soon, so she is sorry and wants to meet us and make up with Mommy and Daddy. We're also getting cousins." "Cou-sins?"

Drew and Dria and Dia came over and all three asked the same thing simultaneously; "When are they coming?

"Next week," Dad said. "Saturday evening, we attempted to make sure neither Dani, Dria or Dia had school, and Drew, your Mom, and I didn't have work." Dari acting like a true cat, pretended to ignore the humans as he washed his face. In his mind, he thought about it. Another set of Great - Grandparents - and another family feud. He mewwed and wondered if he had joined the right family.