Chapter 17

Jacob parked right in front of her house. It felt like yesterday when he and Riley had come to live there. It was the worst moment of his life, and Aunty Jen's too. Jacob had just lost his parents—his father, who was Aunty Jen's brother, and Aunty Jen had just lost her husband too. Losing your brother and your husband in the same month. He was too young to understand the kind of pain his aunt must have faced at that time, but he sure did understand now that he was standing there.

“Jacob?” She called, turning to the person who just walked in. “Is that you?”

Jacob walked up to her, leaned in front of her on one knee, and held her hands. “Aunty Jen.”

“Oh, Jacob,” she removed her hands and held his chin, “have you eaten? You look pale.”

She was doing it again. The same thing she did when it was her brother and husband. Jacob shook his head, he wouldn't let her do that to herself. “Aunty Jen, I am fine. I am here because of you.”

"Because of me? Well, then you need to eat something first. I