That admission only gets a light chuckle from him, not joking or teasing her but more amused at the very notion of it. "Trust me, she's not picturing anything. And you're not as bad a catch as you think you are either."

She has a very complicated past, yes, but his mother doesn't know that, nor does she need to. But Sara is friendly, helpful and genuine, and that's already much more than he could say about his ex-wife. After Jocelyn, he's sure his mother will consider Sara a vast improvement.

"Besides, she's going to be more concerned with tellin' me what a terrible son I am, not dropping by in a year, always working and rarely ever returning her calls." He rolls his eyes, because it's clearly an exaggeration. He calls. Sometimes...