[She looks alarmed for a brief moment. Was it that obvious, or did Joel tell her? Joel knows about Sam, of course, but she hasn't told a soul about Rylie. Maybe Tess is just making an educated guess.]
He never wanted to talk about you. He told me not to bring you up, ever.
[So her apologies to him were always brushed off, short. Joel didn't talk about the things that hurt. Sarah, Tess, Sam, Henry. They didn't talk about them at all, so Ellie was left to deal on her own.]
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He never wanted to talk about you. He told me not to bring you up, ever.
[So her apologies to him were always brushed off, short. Joel didn't talk about the things that hurt. Sarah, Tess, Sam, Henry. They didn't talk about them at all, so Ellie was left to deal on her own.]