His reaction to the news that Fiona and Leroy are coming back with them is one of incredulity. He can never understand how Maggie accomplishes these things one minute he's tossing a Frisbee, and the next, the plans for his day have been completely altered.
She doesn't understand why Ira is always so negative by Jesse, but she supposes that this invitation to Fiona just opens all of those feelings for him. Jesse was different from Ira from the moment he was born. He had joy and a spirit in him that Ira could never recognize or understand. Maggie wonders if Jesse ever connected with her, either. She was the boring, conventional type, and Jesse could never abide by convention. Maggie knew that life in their house was too sedate for a.....
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