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Chapter 4Saturday, Marcos and his wife had a barbecue, so me and several of the other guys and their families spent the afternoon and evening in his big backyard, eating burgers and dogs and drinking beers, wine, and margaritas. Since I didn’t have a significant other at present and didn’t really feel like I was ready to ask Arthur, I brought along my little sister, Pam. Ever since my dad died, I’d taken over as the patriarch or whatever for my younger siblings. Our mother had passed away just after I graduated high school when many of them were still minors. We called ourselves orphans now. Anyway, Pam had a crush on one of the firefighters at the station, so I figured she would love to come with me. “So how come you didn’t invite your new boyfriend?” Pam whispered to me as we both nur