For the first time in what felt like forever, I was doing something that I would consider normal.
There were no cameras around me or chaos, just me having lunch with my mom.
I pulled up in front of my parent’s house and let out a slow exhale before stepping out of my new luxury car. The engine purred silently behind me, and it was smooth and expensive in a way I still hadn’t gotten used to.
And apparently, neither had my parents. The door opened before I could knock.
“Vera!” My mom squealed and pulled me into a tight hug so quickly that I was beginning to suspect that she had been hiding behind the door.
“You look different and stunning,” my mom pulled back as she began to carefully scan me.
I smiled faintly and hugged her back, “That’s because everything is different now.”
Her brow
