Gladys stops Andrew on the way out.

"Oh, Andrea!" Gladys shouted from across the salon.

Gladys and Blanche were sitting on a bench, finished with their visit. Andrew hesitantly waved and started to walk away, bumping into a very broad, and very familiar chest. Andrew looked up and saw the face of the man who had chased Andrew through the mall only an hour or so earlier. If he could speak, he'd have screamed, but instead, all that came out was a quiet "Eep!"

However, unlike the last time, the large man wasn't angry, he was instead... apologetic?

"I'm so sorry, miss. I guess I wasn't watching where I was going." he apologized, clearly not recognizing you, the you from the fountain or the you from the dressing room.

Gladys rushed up behind you and smiled at the man.

"Andrea, this is my grandson Axel, I was telling you about!" Gladys exclaimed as Blanche rolled her eyes.

"Grandma, not again." Axel sighed, turning to Andrew. "She does this all the time. I'm sorry about that."

Andrew started quickly looking for an escape route, but found none available.

"Oh, don't apologize, trust me." Gladys said. "Now, me and Blanche want to go do some shopping, so why don't you two get to know each other while you wait?"

"Grandma, you can't be..." Axel started, but gave up as Gladys and Blanche started walking out of the salon.

"I'll meet you in the food court in an hour or so!" Gladys shouted.

Axel sighed and waved his grandmother off, before turning back to Andrew, who was starting to walk away.

"Hey, this is going to sound bad but, I know you just had to sit for a while listening to her go on, and... can I buy you a coffee or something to make up for it?" Axel asked.

Andrew tried to speak, but his voice still hadn't returned to full strength, so what came out was a hoarse whisper.

"Sounds like you need something to drink. Please, allow me, in return for humoring Grandma for so long." Axel said.

Andrew, not wanting to set any alarm bells off in Axel's head, and unsure of where to even go dressed like this, weakly resigned himself and followed Axel towards the food court.