“Or, as Jake preferred to think of it, The Longest Month of the Year. It was going to be made worse by the fact that he would now be enduring his father’s cold silence and his brothers’ pummeling while pining for Danny—and without the support of his mother. She’d moved out just after Thanksgiving. “She’s staying with Aunt Helen for now,” Robbie told him over the phone when Jake called home to arrange a ride. “Dad’s acting like a bear in a bee’s nest. Christmas is gonna suck—no decorations, no di...nner, he won’t even let us put up a tree.” Apart from being impressed by his brother’s use of an analogy—neither twin was particularly fluent in English, despite it being their only language—Jake was miserable to hear that things were developing so fast. Though he supposed it only felt fast because he was away so much. To his mother, it probably hadn’t been nearly fast enough. After he hung up with Robbie, he dialed his aunt’s house and spoke with his mom.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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