Jo left in mid-June and was gone for months. By the time she returned she was too caught up in her own business to focus on more than the bare minimum elsewhere. "All I knew was that you're courting," she confirmed with a shrug. Though, it wasn't surprising that they didn't like Alfred's type for the same reason she suspected Zach's family wouldn't like her.

"He must like you well enough if you're courting." She commented. "Otherwise you'd be dead in the water."