"No matter what happens," his mother told him, "I'll be here. I promise."
Miss Fine monitored the exchange from her room. She had worked many cases over the years and executed her role with perfect precision. She would have to move on to the next phase. She'd already planted the seeds during her session with Linda.
Linda believed they were talking about her job, but the conversation had drifted away from that of relationships, and how she hadn't had one in the longest time.
That had been her doing. She didn't want Linda thinking of her responsibilities.
