It takes her aback, each and every time. Mom. My mom.

Good thing she's perfected the art of bluffing. Sarah Marks smiles smoothly, the expression touching her eyes. "Such a darling son I found," she gives. "Never mind that he's boning my other son."

Alex and Neil. Two kids she stumbled onto along the long road to nowhere. "We do," is the continuance. "Which is why I'm here."