in the library. Jack was the boy who could make an entire classroom laugh without getting out of his seat.
He had a crooked smile, dark hair that never stayed where he wanted it, and an extraordinary ability to make people feel comfortable.
He was also a boy who rarely spoke about his family.
Whenever teachers assigned projects involving family history, Jack would become unusually quiet. If classmates asked about his parents, he would shrug and change the subject.
I eventually learned that he had spent much of his childhood