I do not doubt you have been romantically involved with him the most. But I doubt you know him best of anyone here.

[She hadn't meant for her voice to come with a hint of a challenge, it simply spilled out before she could catch hold of herself. For a moment, she could only blink dumbly at her 'gear, unsure of how to follow the statement. Back home, this thing was meant to be a secret -- one Jack kept even from her.

But hadn't telling everyone here been her own form of rebellion.]

I... apologize for being so abrupt. Jack is my father and I... [Somewhere in her, the Guardian Angel awoke, sliding back into the long discarded role of manipulator.] wanted to get to know the woman he married.