"No, I don't brew the coffee," said Helen with a sigh.
"Figured she ran off with another man," said Helen in response to the question about her mother. "Or woman. Whatever. Clearly she doesn't give a crap about me, so I don't give a crap about her."
Helen tried to keep her tone nonchalant, but there was an undercurrent of pain there. Helen very clearly did 'give a crap' about her mother, and likely often wondered where she was, and why she'd left.
Helen rolled her eyes at Aphrodite's final question. "I'd say you're probably some scammer. 'Just give me $100 and I'll come back with $10,000. Promise. Cross my heart and hope to die.' or maybe 'Here's this totally legit online university, costs only $5000 a semester and you'll learn all the things. All the things.' Whatever."
Helen stood. "You've wasted enough of my time lady. There's the door."
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