If Frank and I despised one another, we wouldn't have been able to hide it from you. We were... partners in raising you, and beyond that I think we were still friends.

[They had their moments. The resentment ran deep, but Claire was never gritting her teeth during shopping trips or drives down by the beach.]

We weren't miserable, Bree.

[Mostly because of Bree herself.]

We both enjoyed the holidays and the vacations. We might not have been deeply in love, or people that should remain married, but... do you understand what I'm trying to say?