“I thought you said it belonged to the previous owners.” “My parents.” Silence, but before he could reply, she added, “They’re not dead.” He stood and returned his hands to his pockets. “Thank you.” “For what?” “I was thanking the universe,” he said. “Had they been dead, I wouldn’t have known what to say, and then this would have been …” “Awkward?” she asked.
Yeah, it would.
