"He was hurt, mentally," I say softly. "They couldn't risk him being hurt further by them trying to force the memories on him. And they went through something, I don't know what, so maybe they didn't even know where he was at first."

I want so very badly to hate this Captain Marvelous, to hate the rest of his crew. But I could no more do that than I could hate my boys for caring about their brother. If I lost Joe from my team, I'd want him back, too.

"I think you're raising things that can only be answered by Joe," I say diplomatically. "I hope he stays, too. But it'll be up to him."