So why me

10:20am New York 5th Avenue

"Hello, haven't you seen a woman about 5.1ft tall with a yellow raincoat? She probably looked lost, unhappy with sad eyes."

"Forgive me for asking, but are you looking for your dog?"

"Adam, it's okay, I found your mother."

In a tiny little bazaar, all for $1, a woman walks around the shelves with her eyes full of interest. Outside the store door, Adam decidedly understands more and more what Meg meant when he sees her mother passionate about ugly trinkets. For his mother and Adam is fully aware of this since he was a child, the low prices are the treasures reserved for the children of the people. 5th avenue, Joaillerie de luxe, clothing from great designers or fashion boutiques, his mother doesn't care about any of this, because as long as she can find a cheap trinket that she likes, she will be satisfied. Nevertheless, finding his mother, who although she lives nearby, had never been to the big city as she says, reassures him and he laughs as much at the sight of his mother on the lookout for the find of the century as much as at the relief for being able to find her so quickly.

"Mom, why did you leave without telling us? We were very worried when we found out you had disappeared."

Mrs. Clifford turns her head towards her big son who is no longer her weak little boy for whom she had to do everything. He's more mature, but not yet mature enough. However, he has someone good to take care of him and she feels very happy but also very helpless when she sees this tall young man who is more than a head above her and who will need her less and less. A look at Meg, who stands aside so as not to disturb them and she smiles. Her eyes become hard again when, they return to her great son who seems to confuse her with a peasant woman who would not find her way on a boulevard.

"What are you doing here, you unworthy son? I left you and Meg alone so you could stay in love, but you're so lost without your old mother around, you can't get away from her for more than two minutes? What a leech, I swear you. Since you're here, don't just stand there like an idiot and help me choose between these 3 magic can openers. Meg, come here, we need your expert advice."

When Adam looks at what his mother presents to him, he thinks she's kidding. [What are these ugly tourist traps? Since when do we see I love NY on can openers? Anyway, when he thinks about it, he remembers that his mother's house is full of these strange things.

13:10pm New York

In a restaurant that Mrs. Clifford personally chose.

Adam, usually is a little pretentious and who appreciates a lot that women look at him, has currently a sulky pout is engraved on his face, while he lowers his head above his plate of bolognese spaghetti. Faced with this unprecedented view, Meg bursts out laughing. She discreetly takes her smartphone out of her pocket and in no time at all, the picture of little Adam who has just been lectured by his mother and captured.

Adam, stuck in front of two women who are in collusion to torture him, grumbles a little. A shot of fork on the hand later, he gets active and obeys Mom, taking off his glasses and hat, under the mockery of his mother who asks him if it was really that hard to do? Adam, takes his seriousness back, believing that keeping quiet for longer will only lead to more difficulties, then knowing that saying it will not be so simple, he takes a deep breath.

"Mom, I'm really sorry, I promised to stay home a little longer, but Meg and I have to leave for France on Wednesday morning. It's for a very important job so I can't refuse this opportunity. Really, I'm sorry."

Mrs. Clifford, who was going to annoy her son again, lowers her fork. Another departure, when she just found him? How painful it is to have children. You wear them for nine months which is already not a pleasure, then comes the terrible moment of childbirth when you feel your body break and when you think they will be near you forever, they meet someone with whom they want to spend their lives and they close the door of your home one last time. The other night, when she saw that evil kid again, Mrs. Clifford promised herself that no matter what happened, she would stay strong. Calming her emotions about to overwhelm her, she turns to Meg.

"Meg, this kid's always been a little stupid. He made me believe for years that his life was flourishing when it was not. Despite his relaxed and quiet appearance, I am convinced that deep inside him, he remains this eternal anguished child that rotted his life alone by forbidding himself to be happy. So Meg, I may not have had much education myself, but I know this son well and I also know what's going on in his head and I just have to look at him to instantly discover a lot of his feelings and thoughts. This idiot who always denies the truth to drown in dreams, sincerely loves you and that is an absolute certainty. I like you very much myself and I am happy that he chose you. Saying that hurts me a little bit, but things being as they are and Adam having chosen his own path, it is therefore with the greatest confidence that I entrust you with my big little boy. Meg, keep me informed of his daily life, remind his to call me or it's likely that this bird brain forgets that his old mother exists. As for you, unworthy son, work properly, behave well and be nice to your girlfriend because if I find out you're being a fool, I'll move myself to spank you wherever you are."