“So, Laura. It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for.” Harriet paused for a few seconds in which time Laura could clearly hear her heartbeat in her ear drums. “You want to know about phase-two, don’t you?”
“Yes, Auntie Harriet,” said Laura almost inaudibly, because she was beginning to feel in awe of Harriet.
“You came to me originally and asked if I’d be Auntie because of your problems of lacking motivation, didn’t you?”
“Yes Auntie,” mumbled Laura as she ran her hand across the carpet.
“Stop playing with the carpet Laura and look at me.” Laura blushed and did as she was instructed.
“I’ve already said that in spite of your problems, which I do understand, how well you’ve done with the issues we’ve worked on. Let me remind you Laura of how you grew in confidence when you faced your fea
