"Thank you," Ellen said quietly. She could afford to be magnanimous, and frankly, didn't bear the other woman any ill will.
She let Bobby go first, considering her words. Certainly while he didn't appear abject, there was still an understandable frailty and confusion to him. This was not the happy-go-lucky young man her son had spoken of across the years. Sinking down into the chair nearest his, she sat so her body language was entirely attuned to the man who might become her son-in-law. "I honestly don't think he realised that was what he was doing. He seems to think he was giving the both of you a break, and trusting that things would resolve themselves. At this point, it's just become an article of faith." She shrugged. "When he talks to me or to his sister, he mentions how you'll probably be back for Christmas. I don't think he honestly thinks you will, deep down, but he doesn't know what else to do, Bobby. He has to believe."
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She let Bobby go first, considering her words. Certainly while he didn't appear abject, there was still an understandable frailty and confusion to him. This was not the happy-go-lucky young man her son had spoken of across the years. Sinking down into the chair nearest his, she sat so her body language was entirely attuned to the man who might become her son-in-law. "I honestly don't think he realised that was what he was doing. He seems to think he was giving the both of you a break, and trusting that things would resolve themselves. At this point, it's just become an article of faith." She shrugged. "When he talks to me or to his sister, he mentions how you'll probably be back for Christmas. I don't think he honestly thinks you will, deep down, but he doesn't know what else to do, Bobby. He has to believe."