My son shares almost nothing with me about his life, so imagine how surprised I was when Vanessa told me he was renovating a penthouse. This was Cristian's mother's attempt to get me involved in the conversation.
She also wanted to make it clear to me what my place is in her world - that of a paid employee and no one else. I wasn’t actually offended, because Cristian had already warned me that she would most likely be sarcastic. She was close with the parents of his previous girlfriend, as I heard, and their break-up was not well received by either of them. Cristian also told me that his relationship with his mother was not warm nor was it ever. I was sad about him, but I didn’t really know what to say. If she didn’t like being with her son, it was her problem. He was a grown man who coul
