He nearly melted in her embrace his arms going around her in return. "That's the weird thing, mom. When he got here he had a vague recollection of who I was and then, strangely enough, a ghost somehow returned his memories?" He took a deep breath and pulled away from her slowly, turning to take a sip from his glass. "Anyway, he knows who I am now and I told him what happened. I expected him to tell me to fuck off or something like that, but he didn't."
His eyes closed and he wiped at his face again, hating that he had cried multiple times in the stupid hotel. "I'll tell him, I don't want to rob you of the opportunity of getting to know your grandson." If they returned to their original point in time after leaving the hotel it meant that his mother would never get to see Ben after that and he wanted her to enjoy it. "I just need a little time, that's all."