[ He stalls for as long as he can, taking a long, long drag of smoke, holding it for as long as he can. It fuzzes his head and his tongue and he needs to be back on the couch for this, so he sort of half-crawls to it, flopping down onto the cushions. ]

Dad came into town. Me n' Galen, we wasn't datin' yet. But I didn't come t'work cause I didn't. Want my dad t'know where I worked? So. [ He shifts, chewing at his sleeve. ] So Galen came lookin' and got me outta my apartment and I had t'explain about my dad, and that just led to. Y'know. Everything. I guess.

[ Yep. Another drag of smoke. ]