[ she shakes her head as she tries to remember. it's a painful memory. the death of someone innocent; the death of her own mother. ]

He was a spy. [ hopefully he knows what a spy is?! ] And my mother's friend was trying to track him down.

My mother- she was a psychology expert. And with her help, my mother's friend was able to figure out the spy's psychological profile.

He didn't want to get tracked, so he killed my mother and tried to steal the file.

[ it's a long story, but she truly doesn't mind telling it if he wants to listen more. ]