At that, the weight that had felt like it was pressing down onto Heather's shoulders lightened considerably. There was still a couple foul feelings all wrapped up inside of her, but they would pass. The whole thing would blow over because she intended on learning from this whole thing. And Sam seemed to be taking care of the here and now, like he always did.
The corners of her mouth lifted ever so slightly, almost unnoticeably, but the gesture was there if one was looking close enough. "I love you, too," she told him. "I love you and this entire family. No matter what stupid stuff I do, you know that, right? That's not ever going to change."