Well... that answered her question about Wash. Jo looked at Maxine, terrified of the prospect herself. But terrified or not, there was no way she could turn down that wide eyed look of curiosity and innocence.
Now there was something that would be interesting to explain to Ted-so, I went out for lunch and ended up temporarily adopting a child. That's not a problem, right?
Not that she needed to get permission from her boyfriend to help someone out, but as he was sometimes a guest at her place, it was sort of a big change.
Then again, she knew that this would be temporary. Either Maxine's dad would show up or she would work out a better solution for the girl.