They Joke About The Past
As time went on, Jim and Alina would sometimes joke with her friends about the weird story of how, for a brief moment, they thought they might be related. In retrospect, the whole thing seemed nuts. Sure, it was true that Alina didn’t know who her birth parents were. And yes, it was true that Jim’s uncle was a weird guy. But in the end, the odds were basically zero that they might be related.