”“Jack’s handled his embrace a lot better than most Kindred, and at the same time, has had a lot of shit thrown at him. The occasional peek back...at his old life is fine, and something many Kindred his age do.”Eric said nothing. Good. Last thing Julias needed was to deal with this outsider’s interruptions and ignorance.“I’m surprised you weren’t contacted, Julias,” Jessy said. “Don’t we got thralls monitoring the news, and hospital reports, and shit?”“They don’t know who Jack’s old family was,. She will be taking classes with the regular students. Based on her grades I believe she was put in the accelerated group.”“Seems reasonable to me,” Glenn remarked. “I am impressed with how accommodating you are toward someone like her.”“Our goal is a successful experience for all our students. Jackie is a delightful girl. I’m sure we’ll get along just fine. Do you have any other concerns?”“I am nervous about Jackie mixing with other students from Liden Elementary who knew her as Jack,” Sierra. I spoke, almost without thinking.“He only married her because she looks like you, anyway,” I blurted out, then, aghast at what I had said, stared at Stacey. Her cheeks reddened and her mouth dropped open. Her eyes widened in shock, and then narrowed, almost to slits, as she continued to stare at me.“What?” she said, at last. “What do you mean?”“Well,” I tried to explain. “You know Craig thinks an awful lot of you – you’re very close, the two of you. It’s natural he would want a wife who – well,. .. I feel so good I had to stop writing and use Davy Junior for few minutes. It worked enough so I can concentrate on how telling you how much I love you.It's THAT much! I can't wait to SHOW you how much I love you.Please hurry...If you don't come soon, I might have to move out. George is really coming on to me these days, and I'm actually starting to be afraid to stay in the house anymore. He hit mom last week. I saw her bruise. She said it was something that happened when they were making.