Jacob

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Estevan and Esperanza sign a document stating that they agree to the change in custody and that they sign in “soundness of mind and freedom of will.” Afterward, Esperanza’s face seems newly happy. #BTtopic

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Esperanza gives her St. Christopher medallion to Turtle and tells Taylor she knows Turtle will grow up happy. #BTcharacter

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Taylor tells Turtle her name is now April Turtle Greer. #BTCharacter

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Taylor successfully gets Estevan and Esperanza to the church where the reverend and his wife will provide them with shelter. #BTtopic

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Taylor and Sandi leave their children at the free baby-sitting service the mall provides for mall patrons, and they take turns checking on the kids to make it look as if they are shopping. #BTCharacter
Way to cheat the system ladies.

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Lou Ann Ruiz found her Grandmother Logan asleep with her new baby in the afternoon heat. She claims that she is merely resting her eyes before her trip back to Kentucky. #BTtopic

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

When Taylor notices Turtle burying her doll at the base of a tree, she heads over to explain to her that although some things—
like bean seeds—will grow if you bury them, not everything will. #BTtopic

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Turtle collects pinecones as the others eat and talk. #BTcharacter

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

The wisteria is budding, and Taylor is looking forward to seeing it bloom. #BTCharacter

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Estevan, Esperanza, Taylor, and Turtle visit Mr. Armistead, the person whom Cynthia suggested that Taylor see about getting legal guardianship of Turtle. #BTtopics

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

"...entertained me with her vegetable-soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest. And me. I was the main ingredient."
#BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

"But it didn’t seem to matter to Turtle, she was happy where she was." #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

“ 'You know where we’re going now? We’re going home.' She swung her heels against the seat. 'Home, home, home, home,' she sang." #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

"Mama would have had an apoplectic. She thinks in California they sell marijuana in the produce section of the grocery store." #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

If you're unlucky enough to get a dog like that, you give it away to a big farm. I don't know what you do about a neighbor." #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

"Everything about him, even his teeth, were so perfect they could have come from a book about the human body. #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

"True to his word, Angel did come back. He didn't come to move in, but to tell Lou Ann he was going away for good." #BTquotes

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Now that Esperanza and Estevan did their little act and signed the adoption papers, Esperanza seems to be less depressed. I think she finally got the closure she was looking for. #BTsymbol

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

Taylor is in love with Estevan even though he is married. She is quite sad because she is losing one of the few people she loves. #BTtopics

[Jacob @Jacobp5B20]

When the group passes a cemetery, Turtle looks out the window and says "Mama", even though there is no one in sight. #BTtopics