Jesse laughed. "You know us," he said. "It's how we roll."
He stuck his hands in his pockets, trying how best to figure out how to break the news about their mother to Jay. Eventually he just decided to go for it.
"Jay, while you were away...we ran into someone," he began. "Ade, Isaiah, and I were out shopping, and we...we ran into Mom. She's not actually dead, as it turns out."