Clementine:
"Do not worry, I will not go in there," I added. "Please, let me be alone with her for a few minutes." This time my voice came out as a whisper.
"Some time alone with my mother." I could tell he did not want to leave me. He was probably thinking he would lose me if he left me here.
"Ian, I am fine. I know I cannot get close to her," I said, and this time I tried not to sound like a maniac who was causing him stress, yet he looked very concerned for me.
However, he finally began to step back and then pointed to the other side of the road.
"I will be standing there. Do not ask me to step all the way away from you," he requested, and I finally gave him a nod.
He walked away, and I turned to my mother again, smiling at her.
