The audacity! Laurel's brows drew together, her mouth pursing into a thin line as he used her Christian name. Typically she wouldn't have minded, but in such an instance 'Mrs. Potts' or 'Mother' ought to be implied. But his next statement was utterly outrageous that she would allow the slip on her name.

"Clearly," She grit out, "You do not understand the very nature of being a mother." Elias Grimstone was normally one of the easier son in laws, but in this she was finding her impression very much mistake. Her look implied a great deal of what she thought given that he would be a father soon. "[b]You are family and as such you will. be. there." She informed him each word bit out with the finality of an order issued from a commanding officer.