“So?”
“Well, it’s not my place to decide whether or not she’s worthy of your time, and I’ve kept that choice from you.”
“What choice?”
“Whether or not you want to reconnect with her.”
“How can I reconnect with her? I don’t even know her.”
“Maybe not, but she is your mother, Shane.”
“No, she’s a stranger. And didn’t she give up parental rights, anyhow?”
“Yes, she did.”
“Then what is the point of reconnecting with her… assuming she even wants to?”
“Maybe there isn’t any point,” Austin conceded. “I’m not saying you should reconnect with her. I’m just saying it should be your choice. Not mine.”
Shane probed his feelings regarding his absentee mother, and other than the anger over how she’d hurt his father, he felt nothing for her. Undoubtedly, since he seemed prone to do as she had,
