Coraline and Claudine look each other in the eye. Coraline looks at the older woman with pity. Time has not been kind to her. Claudine looks at Coraline with disgust. "What are you doing here? You have no place here. You gave up the right to be a mother a long time ago." Claudine spits the words at her once daughter-in-law.
"It is good to see you Claudine," Coraline says in a soft respectful voice. "I am here, because the police think that the two of us can help Serge. But if you want me to leave, I will." She says, looking Claudine in the eye.
"Yes, of course, run away like you did before. Abandon Serge, like you did before!" The elderly lady yells at her.
"I am here, am I not? I could have walked out of that door, the moment the detective told me what had happened, and th
