She hugs Jay tighter for a moment, before reluctantly letting go. "I'm sorry. That people are gossipy jerks, like that." He shouldn't have to be careful.

"I've decided, if someone asks me how I got the scars, I'm going to answer that I got them while wrestling bears, or something similar," Rae adds, offering a faint attempt at a smile. "Alligator attack, maybe."

The alligator totally had a knife, officer.