Holiday Homecoming. Jean Gordon C.

down, depending only on himself.

      She shook her head. “It probably wouldn’t have made a difference. My family wasn’t as encouraging about the job in Chicago as I wanted, either. I thought you were all against me. I wanted to prove you all wrong. I know now that Mom and Dad were reserved about it because they didn’t want me to be too disappointed if I didn’t get the job. Kirk seemed to be the only person who had faith in me.”