Chapter 18 - Nerea scandalizes the neighbors
Jamie was a joy to spend time with. He was eager to investigate all the corners of the old house and take long, rambling walks around the countryside, but also happy to curl up next to Nerea on the couch of an evening while she read or sketched.
Nerea started teaching him Spanish too, at first just words and phrases here and there. As Jamie caught on to those, she chatted to him, narrating whatever she was doing while she cooked or worked in the garden or painted. Whatever she did, Jamie was right at her side, watching her, helping her, and taking it all in.
After several days of such narration, Jamie blinked in the middle of reaching for an ingredient she had asked him for in Spanish. “This is what you do with babies, isn’t it?” he asked as
