...No, Brenda's dad is dead, and her mom hasn't been dead for as many years as "when I was little" implies (less than five, I thought). Also, THERE ARE OTHER STATES OF FEMALE FINGERNAIL THAN PAINTED PINK, GODDAMN. I always thought of Brenda as a chewed-to-the-quick girl.
...And, um, is it just me, or did Jaime just deliberately kill a sentient? I'm just asking, because that's really not a Blue Beetle solution. At all. He doesn't look nearly broken up enough (unless of course there are pages I missed where he reacts like Jaime should, in which case I retract my dissatisfaction).