"I know he did, darling. I know." What to say to that? My heart broke for her and I was helpless to make things better. No shopping, no mochas, no gossip was going to take away the pain of this and with her words I knew that other than making sure Jack carried on there was nothing I could do for him.

It...sucked.

"I'm so sorry, Sam. I really am. I don't know what else to say. Which is, honestly, quite unlike me because I tend to have something to say about practically everything but I think that, maybe, it could be, that this time nothing I can say would be worth hearing."