"Of course you would. You know." Elaine couldn't help but laugh too. There was no sense in hiding Bud's faults and not from her mother. She was a lot more observant than people assumed. At least until she spoke up.
"We spend so much time trying to protect each other and we still fuck up." Some days she didn't think she had done anything right.
"Whose watchful eye? And that detective-" She shook her head. "I don't get it. So much complaining about him, and then this happens." She sighed. "I just want them back, Mother. until then, I guess it's time to get to work."