Of course, I told her how I thought John was doing so well in college and what a big help he is around the house now that he is home for the summer. H...r eyes sparkled when we talked about John. I thought it was time to confront my best friend and get everything out in the open. Well, almost everything.“How are things with you and Bert? Are they getting any better?”“You know what, Sara? Things suck between Bert and me. But I don’t give a damn anymore. Something in my life has changed, and I have. I looked around and saw a concerned clerk on her way over. I quickly pulled my hand out of her and she opened her eyes in a snap. “Are you okay?” the clerk asked. “Oh, yes, sorry, it is just so hot out I was enjoying the air conditioning,” my neighbor quickly said with a smile. She held up the two pair of panties I had tossed in the air, and asked, “Do you have these in a medium?” “Oh, let me see,” the clerk said as she helped to find the panties for my neighbor. As the clerk looked on the. ’ *** Joanne had actually had a good day. There was no sign of Daniel since she changed her schedule, and she even had a civil conversation with Jesse. Tonight would be the jewel in the crown. Her parents called and they would be coming to get her to go to dinner on time. She got to her door and sighed. She’d gotten up the stairs with her dress neatly folded and balanced over her arm, ‘with hopefully no creases.’ She knew how her mother would look, and she made sure to get her dress. In the last six months since I had become an adult and was wondering what to do with my life and whether I could survive in the wider world without the constant support of my mother, our relationship had undergone some changes. I was now well aware of just exactly the sorts of things that my mum got up to with these men. How did I know? Because she had begun to tell me, it had started off with her desiring to come clean about the way she made her money and supported us, now I was an adult she.