She looked at him for a long moment, and then sighed. "Okay. Yeah. I wondered. But that's because ... if you're really saying you never did, with Jenny, I'll believe you. But ... I thought you had, and then hey, some universe where we don't work out, you got back together with her, and it ... made me wonder. That's all. I'd never ... all I did was miss you. Kissing someone else would've never even occurred to me, it's not the point. Nothing happened. I just ... wish I didn't feel stupid and insecure and ..."

"Most of it's complicated, with us." She was chewing on her lower lip, now. "And Rede's yours, not mine, I have no business ... a-acting like this."

I love you too, Mom. She tried not to wince.