Billy looked forward to moving to Pine Bluff as two of his brothers and their wives lived there. Roberta didn’t like Flynn nor his wife, Rory. She acted as if she did, then she would talk behind their backs. Roberta liked no one, not even herself. They settled into the same routines, but in another state, house and church. Roberta became difficult for Billy to deal with. She didn’t attend church; she got impatient with the girls, pulling their hair and slinging them around the room. Roberta became hateful to Billy, telling him what to do, making him cater to her. Billy never questioned her. Living close to his brothers, they visited daily. This made Roberta jealous. Billy and Flynn had many conversations about their father’s failing health. He had emphysema, and the Nebraska dust made it w
