I was panting in the heat getting inside the office of Clark, the pastor of our town when the sound of my mom’s voice was the thing that made me stop; why was she here? Please don’t tell me that she wanted to check if I showed up?? I gritted my teeth walking further inside, she was being too much, and she knew that! “Mom…. why are you here?” My voice was lower when mom sat down and looked at Clark smiling back at her when she turned around, beaming with her whole face of makeup and her best dress on. “Oh, that’s my fault, I’m afraid; please sit down, Jennifer; you want some water?” I didn’t believe it hearing Clark when his eyes were on me, and I nodded; yeah, sure, water…. I sat down next to Mom on the other chair, that was looking at me, smiling. Was she back to dating Clark? Was that

