“He said watching you with your sisters was what taught him how to be a better brother to Olive and his other sister. You know, I don’t get the sense that those Murphy parents were ever very nurturing…” She paused to blink a few times and then continued. “Jake said he’d traveled all over the world and met all kinds of people, but you were the best man he’d ever known. The kindest best friend his sister could ever hope for. And right before he let, he turned back. He said that lately, the question wasn’t whether or not he had real feelings for you.
