"Not that I went looking for him, rather, he came to me. " "Just because you're my daughter doesn't give you license to be lazy, Katrina, go out there and start running. " "What? You've got to be joking, mom. " Beta Mathew came up and paused next to me. "There must be something wrong, right?" She lowers her head. "Yes, Beta." While pointing to the field's edge, she tells, "There you go, Katrina." As a result, I decide to remove my sweater and fling it at her. I was at a loss to explain her odd behavior. "Make that thirty lapses, " she shouts out. I moan but proceed to the edge of the field, loathing her. "Keep going, Katrina. " I roll my eyes and start completing laps. My legs burned by the time I finished twenty, and my lungs felt like they were about to burst. Stopping, I brace

