Joan has been guilt tripped her whole life. For her mother it was practically an art form. It's one of the reasons she takes so much guilt on her own shoulders, internalizing what she got from both her parents. So that doesn't bother her as much as the way her father talked about Ted. Which of course he heard.

She lowers her hands, staring down at them.

"I'm sorry you had to hear that," she says softly.