Page 36 - MY BOY CHAZ

I could never be Aunt Jean's favored nephew or favorite

anything. It had to be difficult for her to know that I was
the result of her husband's infidelity, not to mention her

sister. Not once but twice, and many times in between,

to be sure. Sister Anna was birthing a new bastard son,
me. However, the first son, my brother Dickey, was a

prize and treated as a family treasure. And I must admit

I did as well. I loved my brother Dickey and knew he

loved me. We always said that we wished we were
brothers when departing from each other's company.

Believe that is when I first heard the phrase, "Blood is

thicker than Water," I Heard it a lot from that side of the
family. I always thought it was some secret code.

And indeed, it was.

37