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all business. “Hello, Rachel. Is Mother here?”
She nodded and offered him a seat, but he

said he wouldn’t be long. When she returned
with Mother Davis, he was kneeling down
chatting with Emily.

“Uncle Jacob, we saw your house being
built!”

He smiled. “Oh, really?”
“Yes. Momma would go up there every
night to look at it after we were in bed.”
Rachel felt a flood of embarrassment wash
over her as Jacob raised his eyes to look at her.
He then turned back to Emily. “So, did she like
it?”
“Yeah. But she said it was far too pretty for
a normal person to live in.”
Rachel wished at that point she could find a

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