I saw his pictures taken with important people like the first Black man elected Governor of the State of Massachusetts, the honourable Deval Patrick. ...Wow. James was a proud supporter of African-American politicians, and supported the first openly gay African-American man elected City Council member in Brockton, Massachusetts. Man, my big brother was doing big things. I did the right thing by coming to Massachusetts. It didn’t occur to me how much my brother’s life had changed, until I met his. Half to keep him company, half to keep him from touching anything he shouldn’t be.“I’m sure Jack is fine,” she said. “And if he’s not, Jacob will do something. He likes the kid.”“Why is that?”“Dunno. Kid is good at making friends.”“He ... he wasn’t, when I was grooming him for the embrace. That kid was antisocial as all hell, and thought of everyone else as mindless sheep, slaves to capitalism and peer pressure.” Sighing, Julias looked at her, the bowl, Jen, and the dark end of the room where. ‘Do you want to play a game?’ he said with a low voice ‘It’s a version of ‘ Simon Says’, where I get to tell you what to do to my brother.’ I looked at him, trying to see if he was joking, but he seemed sincere. Thinking about it for a short while I realized that this was his way of making things less awkward for me, a way for him to teach me some of the things he knew, things that I quite frankly wanted to know. I nodded and stood up, letting him pull me in for a quick hug and kiss. ‘Can we. You think he'd go for that?"Annie reached across the table and took his hand. "Oh, Bill, would you? I think he'd love that! He wants to like you, I can tell, but he's afraid of any relationship we might develop."Bill Simpson smiled. "You think we might develop a relationship? Because I'd sure be mighty pleased if that were the case."She shot him a wicked grin and said coyly, "Anything's possible. How about coming to dinner on Sunday? I already told Caleb I might ask you and he seemed OK with.