Erica entered, giving him a little smile. "I'm Erica Lowsley: Kat and Miranda's mother?" She wanted to give him a few seconds to absorb that. No one liked the first meeting with the lover's parents.
Looking at him, Erica wondered how old he was. She though, now, they they must be been very near the same age. She hadn't quite realised that before, even when there had been mentions of Victor being 'older'. Manuel was ten years older than Erica, so an age difference didn't faze her. But she hadn't expected this much of an age difference.