"It looks and smells wonderful, love," Zach grinned at her across the table as he held out Mum's chair for her. "Just what I needed after today."
He sat himself after Debi was seated and took up the wine bottle on the table to pour a bit for each of them. He knew he had to be careful with how much he had tonight, though, because something told him that an increase in his normal sarcasm would not help anything.