work. i said, well, that's great because i really thought i was blessed. >> first it was renee she looked after. then renee and pepper and then two years later little brother raymond leonard smith jr. wait. brother? it wasn't just the two girls. there was a younger brother the girls never knew they had. the father wasn't around very much. geri supported them all with what she could make as a waitress. and shirley made a change, a positive one, it seemed, at least financially. >> she got this job supposedly at the motel managing, which was further from where i worked. so i arranged with her to watch the kids while i worked. >> it was a godsend, really, since geri had to be hospitalized for weeks after raymond was born. and then get back to work and find a new home to take the kids to. >> i come out there on my days off to stay with the kids and