i think he put it, we re gonna have a long sleepover, and we said, yeah! reporter: her younger sister, martha. of course we want to live with caitlin and kathleen, and play barbies, and, um, be a family together. reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. they said, we re thinking about moving into this house. and they drove us over. we didn t even go inside. we just looked and we thought, oh, my goodness, you know, this is amazing. reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics for the local paper. stick in the eye stuff. he d even been a losing candidate for mayor of durham. kathleen, meanwhile, was a top business exec at nortel, the telecommunications c
reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. they said, we re thinking about moving into this house. and they drove us over. we didn t even go inside. we just looked and we thought, oh, my goodness, you know, this is amazing. reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics for the local paper. stick in the eye stuff. he d even been a losing candidate for mayor of durham. kathleen, meanwhile, was a top business exec at nortel, the telecommunications company. she d received a master s degree in engineering from duke and had even appeared on the cover of a university magazine. she was a smart, smart woman. but most of all, she was funny
reporter: so michael and his four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended faly. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. they said, we re thinking about moving into this house. and they drove us over. we didn t even go inside. we just looked and we thought, oh, my goodness, you know, this is amazing. reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics for the local paper. stick in the eye stuff. he d even been a losing candidate for mayor of durham. kathleen, meanwhile, was a top business exec at nortel, the telecommunications company. she d received a master s degree in engineering from duke and had even appeared on the cover of a university magazine. she was a smart, smart woman.
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four kids and kathleen and her daughter became a blended family. he was a former u.s. marine-turned-full- time writer who liked to draw on his wartime experiences in vietnam. one of his vietnam books got a big advance, money that went towards buying that fine house. they said, we re thinking about moving into this house. and they drove us over. we didn t even go inside. we just looked and we thought, oh, my goodness, you know, this is amazing. reporter: there in his office he wrote his war stories and churned out sharp-elbowed columns on city politics for the local paper. stick in the eye stuff. he d even been a losing candidate for mayor of durham. kathleen, meanwhile, was a top business exec at nortel, the telecommunications company. she d received a master s degree in engineering from duke and had even appeared on the cover of a university magazine. she was a smart, smart woman. but most of all, she was funny and sexual but had this