It rains the entire drive to the north of Seattle, and Lee talks a mile a minute the whole time, briefing me on his family and what I can expect from them. He seems exceptionally nervous, and I’ve never known him to be nervous. He was cool and calm on our first date, funny and endearing on most of our FaceTime dates, sweet, caring, and confident in my apartment in New York, but never nervous. His family must be more difficult than I thought.
“Jin is nice, I swear. Just really quiet. He may not say more than two words to you the entire time. But I’ve asked his wife, Mimi, to watch after you today…”