"My bio parents are part of the reason I am who I am, and they're fucking arseholes," Jag pointed out hotly, then took a breath. "Sorry. I don't - I don't know that he is one." He hadn't actually abandoned Val, he'd just wanted to. ...maybe this entire story had struck a little close to home. "All I meant was, my first impression was already shit. You can't expect me not to have a first impression, from everything you've said."