Jacob suddenly felt jealous hearing that Charlie and Claire would get compensated even if they weren't at the seaview bar last night.
In his opinion, he was risking his hide to make that money. Still, his son-in-law and daughter made the money without being in danger, which meant risking his hide was pointless.
After everything was said and done, he was still a university graduate and did the math right then.
If a person on the island was X, the danger was Y, X+Y meant being on the island and