Jesse bit down on the urge to growl something disparaging about his father and his old hometown, because everything he could say had already been said, and it didn't do anyone any good dredging all of that up. So he just rubbed Jayden's back some more and let him continue to use him as a pillow.
"And no one blames you, Jay," he said, shifting into a slightly more comfortable position. "No one can be blamed for their reactions to stress."