"Are you okay? Did the wine go down the wrong way?" He asked attempting to pat her back. She shrugged his hand off.
"Explain what you just said. Why would my mother be on her way here?"
"Because she wants to be with us"
"How do you know that? Did I miss something?"
"My dear, I think you have misunderstood us. We do love you Celeste. I will prove to you how much your mother adores you"
"I didn't ask you to do that. I'm a grown up now and I don't need either of you"
"You can't stop us from loving you" since she'd started the pretense, he would help her finish it "Come now, they're almost here"
She jumped up screaming "You mean she was coming today?"
"Yes. Aren't you happy? Soon you two will be reunited" her expression was far from happy. She was confused, anxious and probably
