Jared traveled to his sister's place with Darnell during the holiday, and her family welcomed them with open arms. Universities usually closed earlier than most high schools and middle schools, so Batya had come to pick them up from the airport after she had picked her kids up from school, and Jared and Darnell met her husband later that evening when he got back from work. It had been a little awkward for Batya to explain who these new uncles they had never heard of before came from, but the kids adjusted to their presence, easing up to Jared and Darnell — well, mostly to Darnell.
Jared had never been great with children, but thankfully his sister's kids weren't too young. She had her two boys who were twins and had blond hair, which they had inherited from their dad. They were mostly on
