Jules' parents never call to ask about her when she's in Odyssey. There's the few phone calls Connie makes to Bill when Jules is being a problem, and the one time that Jan comes and brings her back to LA, but otherwise they are entirely unconcerned with her. Jules is very aware of the fact that they're not only uninterested, but are probably happy to have her out of their lives.
She's always been an inconvenience, something her mom didn't want and her dad didn't need, and this isn't any different.
And then after Jules leaves her career as a pop singer, Jan suddenly starts texting and calling her more often. It's often unintelligible nonsense that Jules can barely understand, tipping her off to the fact that her mom's definitely been drinking and/or doing drugs again. At first, it's easy enough to ignore, but she always holds out hope that maybe a message from Jan will actually be directed to her. Unfortunately, it isn't long before one is.
Jules is with Buck at Whit’s End when her phone buzzes. She glances at it, planning on ignoring whoever it is (she's with her boy-space-friend, after all. What could be more important than that?) until she notices it’s Jan. Up to now, her mom has been pretty quiet for the past few weeks.
“Everything okay?” Buck tilts his head, looking up from his homework and watching her stare at her phone in disbelief.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Jules swipes up on her lockscreen and opens the message. She immediately wishes she hadn’t.
It takes five horribly nauseous seconds for her to take action, shoving her homework into her backpack and standing. “I have to go home.”
“Jules, what’s goin’ on?”
“Nothing, I just have to go.”
She practically runs home with tears burning shining streaks down her face, burning her eyes. Why can’t she just have normal parents who love her?
