Archie stared at Jessica completely nonplussed. He could not remember anyone ever admitting an honest emotion to him. Witnessing his mother’s machinations had blinded him to the affection that his uncle had unsuccessfully tried to show him since his father’s death. Uncharacteristically without a sarcastic retort, Archie was relieved to hear his mother’s footsteps approaching.
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