James PATTERSON his father moved out of Brooklyn. Seymour and Paula took Gary “There is nothing but r in. Often they referred to him as their third son. “Paula was a the reason I went to col wonderful mother and homemaker,” Grossberg remembers, Beverly lost contact “despite the fact that she had a full-time job.” after Epstein’s fiftieth bi Epstein, as a kid, was “chubby, with curly hair and a high, ; ; “He had a photo o thee-hee’ kind of laugh,” Beverly Donatelli recalls.* Beverly was F : Prticed it at his: binthae two years older than Epstein, but thanks to his precocious tal- 3 4 bet she has a big ass no ents, which allowed him to skip two grades, they graduated from ‘ } fic home-on Y1st Sires Brooklyn's Lafayette High School together, in 1969. . the same Jeffrey. A gent “He was advanced,” Beverly remembers. “He tutored my girl- q , The two never did s friend and myself in the summer. He taught me geometry in just q 4 pathizes with her high ; two months.” 3 “I feel so bad for , When Beverly thinks of Epstein now, she recalls gentler times— =| 4 Fkedhim” long strolls down the Coney Island boardwalk, roller-coaster rides, a = stolen kisses. “That last year in school, I think he kind of loved me,” ] * . she says. “One night on the beach he kissed me. In fact, our history a q Gary Grossberg was a ye teacher made up a mock wedding invitation for Jeffrey and myself 4 " class as Epstein’s kid to show to the class. That seems pretty inappropriate now. But back a remains very friendly, t. then, we all thought it was funny. Jews and the Italians, that was 3 frey in some time. Both pretty much who went to Lafayette High School. They didn't social- ’ 4 Jeffrey's a brilliant ize that much. And though my mother was crazy about him, she 4 3 generous.” told me Jewish boys don't marry Italians” ‘ 4 d Grossberg says he's Through the haze of several decades, Beverly remembers ~ 4 da? As he seesit Epstein as a kindhearted boy and something of a prodigy—a ‘ q was hanging around a gif