"You know what, people are weird and things change," I said in my defense, but around a relieved bubble of laughter that made me sound probably much more ridiculous than I wanted to sound.

"Parents always kick their kids out at 18, and they're supposed to love unconditionally. Why wouldn't you expect me to get my own place? Maybe you stopped liking difficult."

Realistically, I saw now that Jake wouldn't, but for a while there, I wasn't confident of that.