"What? A boy?" Millie exclaimed.
Tommy put his finger to his lips, preventing his mother from saying it out loud.
"Shhh... Mom! Not so loud," he said. "You'll let Elle know about this!"
Millie pulled Tommy's hand to sit closer to her. She wasn't sure what her son was saying.
"Say it again!" Millie said, this time in a lower voice.
"I met Laurie and she--"
"Why did you meet her?" Millie interrupted with a frown. "It's been six years, no, almost seven years and suddenly you meet her? Are you out of your mind?"
"Mom, this isn't just about Laurie anymore," Tommy said with a sigh.
He had never told his mother about meeting Laurie at the consortium event a month ago and he had also asked Jenny not to say anything to their mother, Jessy, let alone Elle.
"When did you meet her? How is she
