I agreed.
But only because he had no idea what I was planning to do next.
I became a single mother when Jason was three, after his father, Daniel, was killed in a highway accident while driving home from work.
One moment, I was grumbling about a faucet that would not stop leaking.
The next, a police officer was standing on my porch with his hat held against his chest.
Jason stood behind me wearing dinosaur pajamas.
“Why does the man look sad?” he asked.
I had no answer.