What he had begun to say about his mother wasn't important.

That was a weird thing to say about your own mother, thought Step.

"They didn't say anything more about your mother or the operation?"

He thought of all the things he'd like to say about her mother, then let it pass.

At the door he still said nothing about my mother.

It really wasn't even what he said about my mother.

What's he going to say about my mother that can affect me?

She doesn't want to say anything bad about her mother.

What had the witness said about her mother last night?

"Someone may not want anything said to him about his mother."