“I’ve seen you working with Jason for years,” Sophie said to Arabelle. “I know what my mother is going through is worse, but you’ve helped Jason, and he turned out alright.” “Thank you,” Jason said brightly. “Even if he is insensitive, self-impressed, self-important and too busy being what he thinks is clever to consider how his actions hurt the people around him.” Jason opened his mouth to retort and then stopped himself. After a moment, he let her words stand and returned to the previous topic.
