“I think it has just been bad timing,” he told her softly, thinking over his words quite carefully. Now was not the time to go on some wild rant about how crazy her mother was, it was the time for trying some generosity. And he did know from experience that people reacted quite differently to grief.
“Your mother has lost a husband and two children. It must seem now that she is losing her daughter to someone she does not particularly care for,” he suggested. God, it sounded like a weak explanation when it was said aloud. “I thought she would direct her displeasure towards me and not to you, so I am sorry that I was mistaken.”