“No. No. You keep him.”
“Claire!”
“No, I can’t. I’ve… I’ve given him away! He doesn’t even remember me anymore. He thinks you are his mother!”
Iris tries to comfort her: “Oh, don’t worry, that doesn’t mean anything. I’m sure he doesn’t even understand what ‘mommy’ means.”
“He might not even remember me! And I’ve abandoned him! I’ve done the same thing to him that our mothers did to us! You know how this feels… What if… what if he hates me?!”