Chapter 120

• I plastered a smile on my face and turned to face my mom. Blonde like my sister and I, she had strands of gray running through her long hair now. "Hi, Mom." There were no hugs. No kisses. She just stood there on the other side of the counter in her expensive active wear and waited to see why I had interrupted her in the middle of her day. "I'm sorry to just drop by like this."
• "Nonsense." My dad sounded genuinely offended. "You're our daughter. This is your home. You don't need a reason to come here."
• My mother stayed quiet.