Evie froze when Nick asked where their dad was and she was extraordinarily grateful when Jack answered instead, enough that she mouthed thank you to him before looking hesitantly to Nick to see his reaction to that.
"Nobody let me come see you," she told Nick, just to break the painful silence. "I didn't even know where exactly you were until Jack told the cab driver where to go." She had always had to give anything she sent to Nick to Marissa to be posted. "That's why you never answered any of my letters, I guess."