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Elena sat up straight in her chair, her fingers clutching her handbag a little tighter when the woman across the table looked at her with a blank expression again.

She can't deny her son, never!

“Yes Ma, I have a son, he's three."

The woman hummed softly, not giving much away. Her face didn’t change. No smile, no nod, no frown. Just the sound that told Elena she had been heard.

"You mentioned you