Alexa could not believe Hector was seriously considering Erica's accusations against her.

'Hector you are not seriously thinking that I did it?' she asked.

'You have to admit that what she said made sense', he said in puzzlement. 'How you came out of the blue before I could even invite you! And how you knew what to do, though you are not really his mother!'

'But I am his...', she started saying, her voice rising in indignation, but she caught herself again. 'I am close to him. Both of us connect in a strange way, even you have noticed it. In that way, I think I am his mother!' she...