Yeah, it would be. And it was complicated, anyway. She was never comfortable calling Fagin Dad. Her real father was somewhere out there, and he was not Fagin. And the boys... Bless them, they deserved so much better than that old devil.

Right. Anyway.

"Yeah- thanks. I am, too. But they're amazing, for the most part." Don't tell anyone but Dodger was her favorite. Then probably Charley Bates. "But! It's alright, 'cause we've got six months yet till the holidays."