[ Slightly warmer now. She's still furious at Jack, obviously, but Al acknowledging that Rhys wouldn't have wanted House dead wins him a bajillion points in her book.
Which makes her slightly less apprehensive about what she's going to say. ]
You'll need to threaten to tell everyone that I killed my mom. That hits two of his buttons at once - mom, and me. If nothing else, it should shock him enough to interrupt anything awful that he's doing. He's likely to turn on you as a result, but... well, um. You've proved you can handle that already.
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[ Slightly warmer now. She's still furious at Jack, obviously, but Al acknowledging that Rhys wouldn't have wanted House dead wins him a bajillion points in her book.
Which makes her slightly less apprehensive about what she's going to say. ]
You'll need to threaten to tell everyone that I killed my mom. That hits two of his buttons at once - mom, and me. If nothing else, it should shock him enough to interrupt anything awful that he's doing. He's likely to turn on you as a result, but... well, um. You've proved you can handle that already.