." After a brief pause, Amy put her hand up to my mouth."Oh, of course!" What?" I said coyly."Pete's back, isn't he?" Yes..." I was having fun with ...his, so I intentionally drew it out abit. I twirled my hair in my finger."Did you two...you know..."I couldn't hold it in any longer. "Yes! We did!" I said, arguably abit too loud. A few people looked up from their tables, and I loweredmy voice. "Amy, it was amazing." Oh yeah? What are you telling me, that Pete's quite the stud?" Shewas. As I pulled in to my driveway; I was hoping for more work and hopefully some students who are actually looking to understand the material and not expecting me to do their homework for them. I put my bag down and turned on my computer to check my email and finish up some work stuff. As I opened my email I noticed several emails confirming appointments for next week some early in the day others much later in the evening. I decided to scan the names to see if I knew any of the names, which I. "What the hell set that off?" I asked as she slid beside me and snuggled on my shoulder."Amelie make a joke about Sophie's disappearing acts at tournaments," she said. "Catalina started to interrupt but before she could, Sophie unloaded. She feels happy here and I think she needed to tell us what she did for her sake. She feels a lot of self-loathing because of her transference of her abuse onto her sister. She wanted us to know and needs to know we'd still accept her. Catalina obviously has. "I imagine you to will want a few minutes alone. I'llbe at the nurses' station for this floor checking on a few things. Ifyou need me before I get back, just press the call button."As Mae closed the door behind her, Mom leaned over the edge of the bedand squinted as if she were having trouble focusing on me. "I'm sosorry, but the drugs I've been given have left me a little dopey.What's your name?"Out of all the people in my life, I would have expected my mom wouldrecognize me. Did I really look.