Cordelia's choice

"Okay, so what if there was a way that I could fix this." Xander reached up and wiped away Cordelia' tears. "Like, wave a magic wand and bippity boppity boo everything's better."

Cordelia smiled but shook her head. "You and magic dont mix goofy. Its sweet that you think you can fix this but..." Cordelia shook her head.

"No, I get it. Im just saying IF i could fix it, how do you want it fixed?" Xander raised his left hand, "Dad goes free." He raised his right hand, "Mom comes home." He raised the left hand higher, "Get your trust fund back." He raised his right hand higher, "This shit never happened in the first place."

Cordelia grimaced and let out a groan. "All of the above. None of the above. I dont know. I mean... some of the things Daddy did were bad, Xander. Money laundering for bad people bad. The kind of shit people need to go to jail for. Mom just... as soon as the money was out of the picture so was she. She abandoned me. That... god, that hurts. Between the two of them I thought I had a better relationship with Mommy. I thought... nevermind."

Xander hugged her again. "Im so sorry, Cordy. We dont need to talk about this if you dont wanna. I just wanted to help."

Cordelia leaned into him and pressed her cheek to his chest. "I guess if I had to choose...."