"I've done things that I'd rather not tell them about," Dutch says quietly, shaking her head. "I'd rather not tell anyone about them if I'm honest but especially my parents. They don't deserve that. To know."

She doesn't think she's going to be able to outright tell him what she's done but it's a step in the right direction. It's something more than vague dismissals. "It's worked well that way for years. I don't see them, they don't see me and we all live happily ever after. They're fine without me."

And she was fine without them. She had Johnny and she had D'av and her job and Pree and the Royale so she was doing better than most. Better than she had been.