Reecy bit her lip but now with pregnancy hormones in the mix, it wasn't as easy to fight back the urge to cry when she was choking up and she pressed at the corners of her eyes to stop the tears falling before she pointed to Jude. "That. That's why I trust you with my boy," she told him, the words catching in her throat. It was impossible not to get emotional with what Jude was saying about Justin, with his absolutely perfect words and advice that she so needed to hear in that moment. "I know you think you caused me more hurt and heartache than anything else, babe, but you're wrong. You couldn't be more wrong. We might not have worked out together as a couple but I never thought you were a bad person. I don't fall in love with bad people. Flawed people, sure. But not bad and there's a universe of difference. You punished yourself enough for the hurt you thought you caused me. You didn't deserve any of it. I always knew you were a kind soul with a huge heart, the sort of people my dad always told me I should try to surround myself with. I've always known how you cared for Lorenzo and Holly, for Billy and Ajay. I saw how hard you worked to finish your nursing degree and then you finished your Masters. Our relationship not working out after all that we went through losing our twins, then you losing your way for awhile, none of that can erase you being an innately good and genuine person unless you let it turn you into an asshole. You didn't. You took that pain and got better. That's why I'm sure I'm okay with you and Winnie being whatever you become. I just want it to be the whole deal because you both deserve it. So, no, it's not easy because I asked him to give you the benefit of the doubt. Because there's no doubt. He doesn't let me dictate his romantic relationships anymore than I let him dictate mine. That's a pact we made together a long time ago. We trust each other's opinions but that's all it is. He hasn't asked me for my opinion on this, babe. He doesn't need to, he's made his own mind up. Don't let the cute introversion throw you. Winnie's one of the best judge's of character I've ever known and he knows pretty quick what fits him and what doesn't. If you didn't, that date wouldn't have made it beyond an hour or two, trust me." She leaned over and kissed Jude's cheek, then softly patted it when she returned to her spot. "Soooo... you gonna tell me how many times on that way-more-than-an-hour-two date you two banged? C'mon, throw me a bone. Pun very, very much intended, of course. The bitch hasn't told me anything yet."