When he mentions the thing in the room it's both a comfort and a painful reminder that he's not the same Jack as the Jack she married and built a life with here. He's still Jack, and he knows her--in some ways more than her husband, because of all the things he's lived with her that her Jack didn't, and in some ways less, because of the things here he doesn't know. It's confusing and she's not sure how to respond to it. "It wasn't about 'doing right,'" she says, because this is Jack and she knows he doesn't mean that, but it still stings a little. "It was about finally having what I wanted and could never have. Janet came later."
She wipes up the spill and tosses the towel on the counter. "I have to pick up the kids," she says, and she finds it difficult to meet his eyes. "I understand if you don't want to--if you're not ready to see them, but if you want to, you can. It's just around the corner, I won't be gone long."
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She wipes up the spill and tosses the towel on the counter. "I have to pick up the kids," she says, and she finds it difficult to meet his eyes. "I understand if you don't want to--if you're not ready to see them, but if you want to, you can. It's just around the corner, I won't be gone long."