Rebecca turned toward Vincent and found him watching Geoffrey and Eric poking at each other.  She smiled, “Some things never change, do they, Vincent? ”

   “I’m afraid not,” he told her fondly.

   “I was probably about their age when I figured out you weren’t my real big brother.  I was very disappointed to discover I wasn’t going to look like you when I got older,”  Rebecca confessed.

   “Really, Rebecca, I should think you’d be relieved to make that discovery,” laughed Vincent.

   While handing her envelope to Catherine she remarked, “Well I wasn’t, but Vincent’s never understood his own beauty.”

   “Yes, I know,” Catherine replied, smiling at them both.

   Together, Catherine and Vincent silently read their gift from Rebecca.