This is one of those cases where (it seems to me) the difference between real-time and C’est la Vie-time is disorienting. From Mona and Ryan’s perspective, the first mention of children may have been just a day or two ago. From the readers’ perspective, Mona has been sitting on her concerns for weeks. Yeah, Ryan’s making some pretty big assumptions, but how long has Mona been letting him do so?
This is one of those cases where (it seems to me) the difference between real-time and C’est la Vie-time is disorienting. From Mona and Ryan’s perspective, the first mention of children may have been just a day or two ago. From the readers’ perspective, Mona has been sitting on her concerns for weeks. Yeah, Ryan’s making some pretty big assumptions, but how long has Mona been letting him do so?