AFTER LUNCH, NEIGHBORHOOD ladies that Paul suspects Alex can’t remember the names of come over to visit. They coo over the baby, but when they reach for phones to take pictures of her, Alex practically leaps between them and Claudia. Paul can’t blame him when Alex gathers her up, announces she needs a nap, and takes her into Laura’s bedroom.
Paul wants to go after him, but he stays in the living room and makes pleasant small talk with the women until their disgruntlement over being practically chased away from the baby subsides. Any pictures anyone takes of Claudia Keane are almost guaranteed to end up on the internet, and neither he nor Alex feel good about that prospect.
Paul knows he should be less surprised than he is that nobody Alex’s age stops by the house. He may be a celebrity n
