Chapter 8
Rather than weep anymore over the inevitable, Jade decided to lash out at it by embracing it. He had been handed a gift, he told himself, an opportunity. He would not be one of those who failed to recognize it. Impromptu presents and cards, phone calls in the middle of the day—he spent as much time as he could with her and thinking of her.
Toward the end of that summer, when Nan announced that she was going to Palm Beach to visit an aunt who had retired there and who had been like a mother to her, Jade found himself in the curious position of being both hurt and relieved. What would he do without her? On the other hand, the intensity of their relationship coupled with work was such that it wasn’t until he dropped her off at JFK Airport that he realized how tired he was. Still,
