"Ma is still in the dark, as it were, thought I'd enjoy my time before adding her into the mix." Jess admitted with a laugh. He'd told Gabe about the letters of course, joking around with his brother without really revealing the underlying tone they had taken on as time had progressed.

Leaning forward a bit, elbows resting on his knees, arms falling forward, it was hard for him to really take in her appearance, given the blanket cocoon around her and given the fact that he had only seen her once before this. Whatever it was that had happened had clearly shaken her and though Jess wanted to press for details, he figured she would share if or when she was ready to. There was one thing he did catch onto though and that was that wherever she had wound up, she hadn't been alone. That had to be good at least? "Back from where?" Okay, so at he had to know that much.