"Y-yes," Ellie murmured, water amassing in her eyes.
Alice had always been very sensitive to her daughter. In theory, parents should love their children equally and with no bias; in reality though, they rarely do. Whether they admit it or not, their love is almost always swayed towards one child. Ellie was her mother's little girl, her only girl, and her best friend. Her daughter's pain tore at her heart.
"Is it too much to ask for you to behave yourself for just this one night? You had to upset her?!"
"I'm so terribly sorry, Mother. If I could only turn back the wheels of time. Sis, do you think you could find it in your heart to forgive mean Dave?"
Ellie wiped the tears off her cheeks and sprang to her feet. "I'm expecting you outside. Now."
She stormed out to the concerned faces of
