The Kennards had business in Texas, some oil, gas and manufacture companies, they have also chemical and pharmaceutical business in some other states, John Kennard made blossoming every business he touched, he got almost everything he wants and one day John Kennard decided that he wanted his granddaughters, so, he sent his second son Don to visit Mani in Texas and see what could he do to establish a harmonious relationship with the woman and her daughters; by then Louise was 14 and Christina 11. In the meanwhile, Mani’s younger sister, Antonia, also called Toni, who was working as teller in a Bank in their town, had been secretly dating the daughter of Glenn Peabody the owner of a powerful bank chain, Peggy Peabody, a widow with a very young daughter, Helena, who was expending time in Texas supervising the family business; soon Mani understood that Mrs. Peabody and Toni were more than friends, but she wasn’t judgmental, and she sympathized and supported her sister.

Mani’s daughters Louise and Tina were very close and protective of each other, Louise was the leader, the one who always knew what to do, Tina, was the daring, the fighter; both girls played together, told each other everything and have almost the same tastes; when the oldest girl was thirteen she fell in love for the first time with one of her classmates, Vannina, and Tina was the first one to know it; though Louise knew since 9 that she was attracted to girls, she never acted about that because of the homophobic ideas of her teachers, but at thirteen her hormones were asking for the magical touch that could calm her body; Tina as her sister also liked girls, but she didn’t care about her teachers, she was bold and butchy, indeed, she was into girls since her six but everything she did was holding hands and few kisses, she was very affectionate with her friend girls.

When Tina was 11 and Louise 14, Don Kennard came to visit Mani and them, few times, before of offering Mani the economic support from his family, Mani was reluctant to accept the help from the beginning, because she was already working as assistant accountant in the Peabody’s Bank and her economic situation wasn’t that bad; however Don kept returning with the excuse of checking some investments on petroleum wells in the vicinity of Mani’s town; but the wells were not the only thing he was checking, during those visits he was frequently inviting Louise to have drinks and brought gifts for her, but Louise mind was somewhere else, which annoyed Don very much.