“Goodbye, Jacob, my brother...my son.”
“I couldn’t get the words exactly right; I only remembered wishing that Jacob were my brother so that we could love each other without any confusion or pain.”
“Jane, this young man is Jacob, my oldest son. It’s no secret that aheadmistress’s biggest challenge is her family. Jacob, say hello to Jane.”“Hello to Jane,” he parroted, pulling out the pockets of his shorts in a sillycurtsey.I couldn’t decide if it was the dumbest thing I’d ever seen, or the funniest,so I stared back at him.”
“It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.”
“There was a darkness in Jacob now. Like my sun had imploded.”
“And besides, my back feels naked without Jacob curled against it.”