Miranda froze that second.
"What!"
"Yeah…" Karen smirked. "I'm going to kill you. Watch you die. And walk out of this restaurant like nothing just happened."
Miranda's heart stopped, putting the smoothie she was drinking down.
"And that drink… You know what I did to that drink?"
Her heart sank. "You poisoned it?"
"I mean, I would have. Who knows?"
She stared at her mother for a moment and burst out a laugh.
"I'm just kidding! God! I've got such dark humor!" she laughed.
She leaned over the table to whisper to Miranda,
"I might be kidding now but if I find out that you're lying to me or trying to dupe me, I'll do that to you in one f*****g second."
Miranda sighed with relief.
"So, are you really my mother."
"I am your mother. Why would I lie to you or try to dupe yo
