I woke up the next day with a smile on my face. I went into the kitchen to find Mom having breakfast before she went in for work.
“Hi, baby. How are you?” She kissed my cheek when I paused beside her, and I kissed hers.
“I’m good, Mom. How are you?” I asked sleepily and headed for the coffee pot.
“I’m good, too. I may, uh, may be late tonight.”
“That’s good.” I turned to grin at her with a cup of coffee in my hand. “I might not be at home at all tonight.”
“Oh?” She gave me this ‘do tell’ kind of look and I grinned even more.
“Well, I’ll be in a hotel in Charlotte, my, um, boyfriend is going off to Spain tomorrow and won’t be back for a month.”
“I see.” She paused, thought something over, then frowned. “He’s not married, is he?” She frowned and looked at me closely.
“No!” I s
