Re: Evie and Jack
Would this whole episode turn out to have been cathartic? Would it help her in some way to have finally faced the pain she usually kept locked away so she could focus on getting through each day? Evie was usually so good at compartmentalizing her emotions, keeping them ordered and under control, but this place, this day especially, had her all over the map, and she'd found it impossible to maintain her usual composure regarding this whole situation. She was just a sobbing, emotional mess, and once she had her wits about her again, she was sure to have some regrets about her emotion-driven choices.
Because of how far gone she was, how drunk and emotional she was, when Jack asked his question, she wasn't equipped to brush it off. "Cause I don't. Didn't take care of it like I should've. And 'm not very good at the whole girl thing. Never learned," she answered with a sigh, walking carefully and leaning a bit toward Jack as she did. "Mum died when I was four; she probably would've taught me." She didn't want to talk about her mom, though, as just thinking about her had her eyes filling with tears again, and she sniffled as she tried to keep them from falling.