C38 There's fire on the mountain

Lancelot walked briskly behind his mother. Madeline wasn't in her right frame of mind, and he knew it.

With her current mood, Lancelot knew that she would rain hell and high water on Roxanne. He knew that she was going to make a scene. He needed to make sure she spoke to him before meeting Roxanne. Whatever venom Madeline had in her mouth to spit, he had to make sure she spat it to him first