There are moments when you look at your child and suddenly see a stranger there whom you never saw before, someone destined for things you can’t even imagine. And you think: How did they become this person? Were they molded by you or by the world around them or were they always going to be this way? As Jonathan looks at Olive, he glimpses a woman who has the possibility of being a better person than either he or Billie proved to be. Maybe she won’t remain this woman forever; he knows that life might someday drain this out of her. But in this moment, he cannot imagine being more proud of the
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