Madison
"Oh, before I forget!" I straightened up, remembering my upcoming trip. "I'll be heading to Las Vegas for work. But don't worry - Hazel's promised to check on you regularly while I'm gone."
"Las Vegas?" Mom's eyes sparkled with interest. "Now that's what I'm talking about! Finally, some excitement in your life."
"Mom, it's a business trip."
"Business in the day, pleasure at night." She waggled her eyebrows. "What happens in Vegas-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence?" I shot her a warning look. "And please, for the love of everything holy, stop trying to set me up with every breathing male within a ten-mile radius."
Hazel snorted. "Including her boss."
"Especially my boss!"
"Oh, come on." Mom adjusted her pillow, grinning like a teenager with gossip. "A girl can dream, ca
