Chapter 137

• Jade took the change of topic in stride, and I listened to their conversation. The more they talked, the more I decided that this looked like it would work after all. Ben needed someone to give him every minute of every day they were together. Jade seemed invested in all their conversations, talking to him on his level, and she didn’t seem to care that he asked her the same things twice. She was patient and positive, and I could work with that.
• When we got home, I pulled Jade aside.
• “I have to run out. You’re okay to do the afternoon?”