Will they even remember me, he said. Of course they’ll remember you, she said. Jack had suddenly discovered that the only way to get Jane out of her introspection, to stop her feeling sorry for herself, was to make her feel sorry for someone else. He had discovered this when she started worrying about the kids, and she came to life again, but he didn’t want her to worry about the kids. The kids would be fine, but if she worried about them they would notice and may not be fine after all. If she worried about them then he would worry too, and he may not be fine after all. So he started making small manipulative movements to make her feel sorry for him instead, and every time he did she truly came back to life. However, as he feared, when he created an issue for her to pity him over, the issue suddenly became real, a cause for concern for both of them. And it was this issue, the issue of what the kids would remember that was troubling him most. He agreed that they would probably remember him, but it was what they would remember him for that began to occupy his mind.
Day 20
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