[Jake, prone to underthinking, stares across at Tess, prone to overthinking, for a moment as he takes a long drink.]
I was married. [He looks up at her.] She...died. Figured I had said somethin' to you. Arthur said you didn't. It wasn't meant to be a lie. [But they hadn't met in the traditional way. Hadn't gotten to know each other in the way that he had gotten to know Arthur. Or B. Or Misty.]
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I was married. [He looks up at her.] She...died. Figured I had said somethin' to you. Arthur said you didn't. It wasn't meant to be a lie. [But they hadn't met in the traditional way. Hadn't gotten to know each other in the way that he had gotten to know Arthur. Or B. Or Misty.]