"Hey, I'm still working on the forgiving," Jesse said. He looked over at her. "No offense."
"No, no, I deserve that," she replied, shoving one hand through her mess of curls.
"Jay, no one is denying we went through bell after she left," he went on. "But putting all of the blame totally on her isn't very fair, Dad was a mean bastard even before everything fell apart. And it doesn't change the fact that we all love you, so much. That's still true, it'll always be true."