Mark E. Anderson Jr.

Markie and I started out as family. His mother's cousin married my sister. So, whatever that makes us, that we were. However, we treated our relationship as more of an "uncle-nephew" type of thing. That was about 27 years ago or so. About 10 years passed, my sister and Butch divorced, but Markie and I remained very close. So much so, that he moved in with me for over a year when I had taken over Missy's house. I don't believe that I've ever been closer to another human besides maybe my...