the thing that i find most curious is that you say they bring a half a dozen foster families to live with them in the summer . we need a bit of respite , right ? `` we can brace you , '' she said . she says , `` where are you going ? i finally asked him one day as i sat in his front room with my package , if he knew the rich guy with the big house down at the beach . the old man all but spit his ex-wife 's name . 