Jane was contacted by the adults in charge. The boys would be staying, they reported, not moving from the couch at all in fact, for some time to come. We're going to a hockey game. They might make it 'Party of Seven,' just for us. Jane smelled a rat.
Hockey is the quickest way to a Canadian boy's heart.
Everyone knows that. Jane petitioned the INS to have her sons returned to her, but she was denied. It seemed that the lawyers hired by her relatives had to meet with government lawyers before they could meet with her lawyers and come to any decision. And then there was the possibility that the boys would soon be tied up in a contract with Fox. By all accounts their mother is a caring person who has provided her sons with many edifying entertainment options over the years.