"I think I'm gonna need a minute." I tell Kane, who's kind of impatient.
He hesitates, but then he just wrings his nose, frustrated, before he turns on his heel and walks to the entrance.
I slump back into the seat.
"Hi Mom? What a pleasant surprise!"
"I know. It's been a while. I missed you."
"Missed me where? At the dinner parties?"
"There are no more dinner parties. I'm getting a little bit too old for that."
"Such a pity you're not getting too old to stop stalking me."
"Come on, dear. You know I bore easily. When I'm bored, I check on my kids."
"And mine, apparently."
"And yours." She laughs. "Whatever you think you're up to in that cold city doesn't make sense to me. The kid you're looking for is not yours, Allison. Not anymore."
"Oh, she was a girl? What a shocker!
