"Stefan's here, too. He works after school. Track team. And Katherine, our mutual... the bane of our existence - my wife - she's here, too. We're on -- middling terms. And married, so," he started, forgetting who he was talking to. "But, you - it's not real. It's for the cameras, the town, the ones who are just a little too polite in that off kilter way."

He needed to at least tell her that.