He'd thought it was because she trusted him to be the most responsible, the one who could deal with it. He doesn't think Spencer is weak, not by any means, Joel actually thinks he's by far the strongest person he's ever met, but he'd also lost his family in a horrific manner. He had assumed Raleigh, having known that, would have wanted to spare him the stress of having to take responsibility again.

But maybe he's wrong. Frowning, he looks at her and then shakes his head, not because he doesn't have his own ideas, but because he wants to hear what she says. He wants to know her reasoning.

He thinks she wants him to know, too. If she didn't, he doubts she'd be asking at all.