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We both went quiet.
“Yes. That must be really hard for Jonas and her family,” I said.
“Well, she’s luckier than most. Some don’t get visits, just money. Her son Vincent comes see her every Sunday,” she said. “Jonas comes too when he can,” she quickly added along with a smile.
“Jonas travels and works,” I said.
She nodded in agreement, then turned the television on and a soap opera I recalled from my days of watching them in my teens flared to life.
“I’ll be right back,” she said.
She walked out of the room and returned a few seconds later with a tall, curvy female. The woman was dressed casually in a cream cashmere turtleneck and beige wool pants, but made both appear rich and elegant. Her reddish blonde hair was brushed back in a tight chignon, showing off a beautiful pair of pearl earrings along with the sculpted plains of her face. She was striking, even with the creases around her pale blue, vacant eyes. A small smile appeared on her bow lips on approach.
“Hello….”
She paused. There was a slight tremor to her stance.
“This is Lily. A friend of your son, Jonas. You haven’t met her before,” Brenda said.
Her brows puckered. “I don’t have any children. You’re mistaken….”
Her eyes fixed on Brenda for a clue or correction.
“Yes. You do you have two sons, Jonas and Vincent,” Brenda said in a playful tone.
“Oh. Yes,” Joselyn said, but she didn’t appear convinced. Her gaze shifted back to me. “I do think I know her, though.” I stood and awkwardly shook her hand, which she took in a loose shake as she assessed me. “Whose family did you say you were?”
She looked down her nose at me.
“I… I didn’t,” I stuttered.
“She’s Lily. Your son Jonas’s friend,” Brenda said, furthering her correction on Jocelyn’s claim that she had no children. “Remember Jonas?”
She went and picked up a picture, one that displayed a young Jonas in uniform.
“Jonas,” Joselyn repeated.
She looked at me as if she was poised in wait for my confirmation.
I swallowed hard. “Yes. Jonas. He’s handsome in that photo. Your son.”
“Mathias’s son,” she muttered. “I did my part.”
I touched my lips and Brenda quickly took the photo away. “I’ll be right back.”
She turned the volume of the television up and left the room. I shifted in my seat and we watched the television in silence. I stole glimpses of Joselyn, and the door, pondering what I should do until Jonas returned.
“Who are you, Miss?” Joselyn asked.
I turned to her and from her expression it was as if our short time together had been erased and we were being introduced.
“Lily. Lily Salomé,” I said and cleared my throat. “I’m a friend of your son, Jonas.”
She stared off and then turned back to me with a beaming smile.
“Lily. Oh, yes. Lily. You’re beautiful.”
Her smile slipped off her face as the door opened, and in walked Jonas and Brenda. He had his air of authority, but there was also something guarded.
