"Annette giggled softly, and put her hand on my shoulder. As she startedto speak, she lifted up one of the pieces."Hanna, these are diamonds not Zirco...ium. We all decided you needed somereal jewelry and went to a specialty store to have these designed foryou. We knew you didn't have pierced ears, but expected that we couldhelp you get that too. The smaller envelope includes a certificate forthe piercings. These two larger earrings, are dangling styles that shouldwork well with the two solitary. What's going on?" His parents called," Jessica blurted out.Looking at her daughter for a moment, she then said, "Don't you think it was about time they called?" No!" Jessica answered and then ran into her bedroom."I'm not sure, but I think she didn't think I had parents," I responded, as Theresa was looking at me for an explanation.A smile ran across Theresa's face, but quickly disappeared when Jessica entered the room again. Jessica had picked up a pillow and flung it at me.Then she said,. The tailpipe scraped hard against the rough asphalt as my car bottomedout, causing sparks to fly and the neighbor's dog to bark wildly in thewindow in front of me. "Fucking hell..." I mumbled. "That thing isn'teven a dog... it's a giant rat..." I thought to myself. I quicklyshifted the car into drive and tore away from my apartment complex.This was supposed to be a great day, but it was starting out like awreck. I was going to have a meeting with my boss this morning about apotential. Et me first say that this is a real story, just as all of my other stories. Nothing is made up and nothing is exaggerated. Hope you enjoy it and please share your thoughts in the comments