As the tea readied itself in the kitchen, Shane slowly returned to the living room, all the while fiddling with her fingers. When she was really nervous, she just had to do something and fingers were always available.
"Yeah, actually, I have. I come here as often as I can but never for too long," she explained, taking a look around. That meant she was still under complacens without knowing it but she was still able to see her child.
"I'm sorry if this seems really...weird and out of the blue," she offered, looking at him with unusually sad eyes that weren't normal for her. Shane had thought about this moment hundreds of times, playing the conversation out in her head so she was sort of used to it whereas Kevin probably hadn't even thought about her. And why should he? Without Elliot, Shane wouldn't have given him much thought either.