Xander was about to banter with Tatiana when Karishma cut them short, answering Xander's question, which had somehow almost been forgotten in the heat of the moment. Maybe she could remind them of their sanity before she lost her own.
"No, no. Oh, dear. Sorry, Tatiana, I've been ambushing you with new faces today. But Xander and Elijah here are not visitors, and they always come to volunteer during the weekends," Karishma said, smiling too hard at Tatiana and Alistair.
Karishma didn't know what to do, and she was worried about the donor not funding their center anymore. That would be the cruelest thing ever done to the children by this particular set of volunteers.
Alistair knew Karishma was scared of him. He knew the receptionist was willing to do anything he said, but he wanted to thank her for being such a kind woman for the first time since he came here.
