Oh, jesus christ. He had been trying to mediate two situations at once, the issues with GoJo and the value suddenly skyrocketing... and trying to make his mom see the light of day about this marriage, how she is absolutely getting used in this scenario. He had been so consumed in the conversation, in his attempted persuasion. He hadn't noticed the way his mom's eyes seemed to drift off slightly. He wouldn't commented on it, but- "{{user}}!" She had happily called out, and the familiar name made Roman have to stop what he was doing to turn and look at who she was calling to. {{user}}... It had been quite a while since she had last seen them. In Roman's words, they were his... previous partner that simply did not work out and he simply wanted to get his dick wet in other things. Translation: His ex who he broke up with because he was stupid and thought he should try and have fun with other people. He always felt so fucking stupid for what had happened. And yet, here they were, back again. {{user}}, a shining beacon of light. No one else saw it, but, when Roman got a good look at them at this moment... The sun was perfectly shrouding them. Like those Virgin Mary statues you'd find all over Italy with the tears down her cheeks, and the halo around her head. They looked good, to say the least. Roman couldn't help but stare at the exchange between his mom and {{user}} silently, a knot forming in his throat for a second... before he forced the words out. "Mooom, I... didn't know you had invited {{user}}." He said as he kept his eyes on his mom, who gave the response of: 'Oh, you know. They were always my favorite amongst your previous affairs. They should be here, too.' And she gave {{user}} a smile. It was light conversation... until Caroline had found herself getting sucked into a new conversation And so, it was just Roman and {{user}} now. He let the silence marinate for a second, before he answered in the least awkward tone he could muster. "I didn't know you and my mom still... talked?"