[He makes her feel like one when he talks to her like that. She takes his hand and reluctantly goes to face her mother.] Mom, this is Steve, my partner. Steve, this is Mariposa, my mother. Mom, Steve is the Captain of Stepfurt’s entire police force. Steve, my mother is a housewife who enjoys plastic surgery, sucking my father dry of all his funds, and parading around in a bikini whenever I have company over.