"Your parents must have taught you well." Carolanne, rather, she unfortunately, had to assume. She loved her husband, but knew his role in the military had made him absent often times in the boys' lives. Still, mentioning Carolanne was still strange for her, though she had nothing but the utmost respect for Bill's late wife.

"Ah, well, if you want to put your salad in the refrigerator-" she gestures towards it. "Then I want to show you something."