"I mean it literally," Serenity said with a shrug. "I can't believe you're that old." She noticed Thomas had been about to say something, but he had stopped himself. "Your father looks like he's going to have a heart attack. I could just give you my number and leave you to talk?"
"You owe our son more than ten minutes," Thomas said firmly. "It's his choice. But don't...please don't disappear again."
"Wouldn't be any point in it, you know my secret now," she explained. Then she reached for a piece of paper on the coffee table and started to scrawl her details onto it.