When her mother didn't answer her plea for forgiveness, Ruth felt crestfallen. She knew she had done wrong and now she was suffering the consequences of her actions. Not only was she filing for divorce from a man she thought she loved, but she had to figure out how to keep her baby safe in all of this. She could handle the hateful words one might utter toward a divorced mother, but she would not tolerate it against Jacob. He was an innocent baby in all of this.

She understood though.

"Do ye want help with supper, mum?" Jacob chose that moment to go, "BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBABABABABABABA!" before giving a very drool filled raspberry, sticking his tongue out "thptptptptptptpt"