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Show -19 said, for a bit around the eyes; no one who didn't know would 'have taken us for close relatives. We differed in character too; Jacob was distracted and dreamy as a rule, while I paid close attention to the world and got dreamy only on special occasions. But his dreams are practical, and my close attention is not. "I don't know why I came," I said. "I never stopped to think about it until we were already on the plane." Going up this road felt like driving back into my own childhood; all these familiar places which I hadn't seen in years were making a kid out of me again. I looked over at Jacob to see if the landscape was affecting him too, but he sat patiently, his hands in his lap, dreaming and waiting out the trip. "Do you still like being a big time lawyer?" I said. He swallowed, smiled shyly at Morgan, shrugged. "I'm not so big time. I'm a senior partner but it took me a long while to get that far and it's only a very small firm." "Isn't it funny how things turn out?" I said. Everybody thought that I would certainly be the financial success in the family." "I like you just the way you are," Morgan said. "You don't have to become a millionaire on my account." "I wouldn't become anything on anybody's account," I said, She bridled at my tone and took her har.d off my knee |