"No." And it feels good to say it out loud, to have this fragile faith in someone. "I think my relationship with him would be the same even if Jacob had never gone home. Maybe a little more complicated because of Jacob..."

And Jacob's jealousy, which Jesus had assumed was new and it turned out it wasn't.

"But I don't think Vrenille works that way. I don't think he sees people that way." Jesus doesn't either.