"I trust you and all but just wanted it said," Jake told her, waving a hand and trying to dismiss the aura of melancholy and sadness he'd brought to the table. He might not know much outside of what everyone knows about American Thanksgiving but he knew it wasn't a time for talking about dying mothers.

"Anyway, what's been up with you lately?" Jake asked her. "Anything exciting or anything that I should prepare to see you in the station for?"