Oh, shit. He's not sure that he's ever seen Jack Abbot this pissed off, not in thirty years of knowing him. He's seen Jack pissed off with Gloria, with the board, with families and patients who won't follow basic instructions, but he's never quite seen him like this. Jack spits his full name at him like an insult, and the worst part of it is, there isn't actually any defense because it's true. He has been avoiding Jack. They haven't been speaking, and it doesn't matter that it was all an act of self-preservation.

"I...Well, it's not to make me feel better about anything. It's because it's your fucking birthday, and I wasn't going to miss it, no matter what else is going on. I...know I haven't been...present but..." He frowns. "You can't honestly think I'd have missed today."