He nearly drops the letter when Emily says the name. "Ve--" He turns the envelope over in his hand and sure enough, his mother's name is printed there. It's just an offer to renew a magazine subscription--LAST CHANCE!--but it seems so wrong to be holding this, to be reminded that there really do exist people out in the world who have no idea his mother's gone when he thinks about it every day.

"Vera," he says after clearing his throat, and he doesn't know why he feels the need to confirm it but there it is. He doesn't take his eyes off the small print of the name, knowing that this probably shouldn't affect him as much as it is because it's just a mailer, it's not a big deal, he'd gotten mail for both his mother and Dane for months after they'd died; but he hasn't seen something come in for ages. He just hadn't been expecting it.

"I'm sorry, I don't-- She doesn't-- Thank you for bringing it by."