My mother's life had been damaged by a lie, and my brother was forever lost in a maze of illusions that lie had created... and I had followed him there. Jacey would never find his way out, but I had to... and the only way I could do that was to forgive, but I could never forget.
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Narrator/Older Doug Although she seemed unique to me then, I now know that the world is filled with working women raising children by themselves. There was nothing especially original about my mother... not even in the way she brought her sons back together again.
Narrator/Older Doug The truth about our mother and Lloyd didn't comfort Jacey, because the truth seemed to him just as unfair as the lie he had always believed in.
Lloyd Abbott I'm sorry about your mother.
Doug Holt Your sorry?
Lloyd Abbott You didn't know your mother at all if you think someone like me would ever stood a chance with someone like her.
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