There's a brief flash of confusion to his look. Maybe it's merely in relation to the location. They're obviously in some coastal town, and both coasts are pretty far from landlocked, midwestern Missouri. It's still hard to think about it too much.
Recognition does light up in Caitlin's eyes at the mention of New York. Of Manhattan, the Upper East Side, SoHo. There's a click in her mind, making a reasonable assumption: he comes from money. What is it people said? Upper West Side is new money, Upper East Side is old money? So, a couple of generations of wealth, at least.
She isn't going to ask him about it. She comes from money, herself, and was raised right. One doesn't talk about that sort of thing. "Expensive place," she says. Carefully, she lets her gaze rove over the kitchen they're in. No turning around. That doesn't feel safe yet. "But this clearly isn't SoHo, so where are we?"
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Recognition does light up in Caitlin's eyes at the mention of New York. Of Manhattan, the Upper East Side, SoHo. There's a click in her mind, making a reasonable assumption: he comes from money. What is it people said? Upper West Side is new money, Upper East Side is old money? So, a couple of generations of wealth, at least.
She isn't going to ask him about it. She comes from money, herself, and was raised right. One doesn't talk about that sort of thing. "Expensive place," she says. Carefully, she lets her gaze rove over the kitchen they're in. No turning around. That doesn't feel safe yet. "But this clearly isn't SoHo, so where are we?"