Other members of the Romero family marveled that Alex took so many pictures of Jacobo. Liza would nod and say, “Alex spends too much time with Jacobo.” She didn’t mean necessarily that the action was excessive, as when one says, “you talk too much.” She meant simply that the time Alex spent with her “viejo” was an amount so great that it surpassed rational understanding. Alex’s behavior was quirky, “loco, estrambótico.” But then, so were a lot of things.
