Tina? why in the world do you wanna see her?" Mom asked, returning to her magazine."Moooommmm - I thought you wanted us to be friends?" I sighed impat...ently."Okay - but Tina's nearly a grown up honey! I'm sure she has better things to do -" Mother - I already called her! She said its fine." I lied. I figured Tina would cover for me when mom dropped me off - if she dropped me off!Mother's voice sounded... funny. There was tension in the air and I got instant butterflies inside as Mom dropped her. She yells at the end. Shannon walks out on stage without me, as I have not arrived yet. She whispers in Oprahs ear, telling her what I am doing. Oprahs noddeds her head, and continues on without missing a beat. Shannon tells me that Tom will be here shortly, he is out trying to obtain a special gift for all the people in the audience. She informs them. She goes on to interview Shannon on her career, and the family. Finally she tells the audience that Shannon was kind enough to give them a tour. He would do what he had to do because her love for Tiffany and himself was the force driving her willingness. He would continue put her through that hell whenever his urges became too strong.He could do it, he would do it, because he loved her.But that wasn't why we were staring at the brown haired beauty.We were staring for the same reason a tear ran down her cheek.In addition to her selflessness and despite her hope, there was a deep seated belief that took us all by surprise. A belief we. “Is that okay with you, Dani? Having your brother pull out after he’s fucked you nearly into a coma?”Sonya saw her daughter almost gasp as she listened to what she said. Dani noticeably gulped before giving her mother a gentle nod of her head.Once Dani had readily agreed, Sonya took a good look at the girl’s messy face and matted hair and decided they both needed a shower. They were just getting up when her cell phone rang. She picked it up from her bedside table, after first noticing the call.