She couldn't? Oh, she sure could leave, and Jo was just about to inform French Barbie of that when Beauty's next words gave her pause. She didn't turn around right away because she didn't want the young woman to see her expression.
He was like a father to Beauty. Either things were really more twisted than Jo had first assumed, or... Or, there was another explanation. At least on Beauty's end. It still left a little sense of 'ick' because the brunette wasn't much younger than Jo herself. Oh sure, she knew exactly what their age difference was but maybe they'd just been living in a vacuum since they hadn't met anyone in each others' lives.
She sighed and turned around.
"How long have you been staying here?" she asked.
If it was just one overnight, maybe Ted just hadn't had the time to tell her yet. Though given that the other woman seemed to have made herself at home, Jo assumed that it must be longer than that.