Chapter 49: I’ve Never Done ThisAt one o’clock that afternoon, we pulled into the parking lot at the Boston Home for Boys.
“Are you sure you’re up to this?” I asked.
“How many times are you going to ask me that?” Jackson replied, giving me a cross look.
“You look like hell.”
“Thank you,” he said.
“When we get home, you should take a nap, get some rest.”
“I will.”
When I didn’t open my door to get out, Jackson said, “What?”
“I’ve never done this before. What are we supposed to do?”
“We’ll take him home and we’ll start…living. There is no right or wrong way to do it.”
“Now that it comes to it, I’m scared to death.”
“We’re going to be fine,” he said gently, reaching over to pat my knee. “One day at a time, Cowboy. That’s how we do it.”
He got out, came around, opened my door for m
