He had been given over to his step-grandmother by the will of his now deceased parents which made her legal guardian. Jacob had been brought to this woman by his step-grandmother earlier that morning.
She wasn't saying anything as she visually appraised him for the first time.
The way she was staring at his puny frame suggested that maybe he was going to be her next meal. She was fat, perhaps, pushing 300 pounds he thought. The young man stood facing a very large woman sitting in an upholstered armchair.
