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"I worry that between all you’ve got on your plate with your jobs and studying that you are burning the candle at both ends"

"I have no classes this se to school, I can do it now Don’t worry, Mo"

"Oh," she said lightly "I’ up for otten to be a better liar when I wasn’t noticing or were things actually i happened?"

"I’m--I’m not really ready to talk about it"

I sat back, bewildered Was Moain? I blew out a breath She’d never had any relationships the entire ti up She had male friends in the community and I know some of them may have wanted a romantic relationship, but my mom had never been interested When I was a teen, I asked her why she never dated and she shrugged and said she aiting for rown up now Had she finally decided to get on with her life?

"If it was soht?"

"Of course," she said evasively

We hung up a fewmoments That was one of the weirdest phone calls I’d had withtime She was always an open book withone hell of a secret from her One that, if she ever discovered it, would hurt her I had no right to go digging in her business if I wasn’t prepared to open up about mine But still, I orried I was protective of ical Sperm Donor, she hadn’t chosen well in the past

But Mom was smart and I had to trust that she’d learned froiven the fact that I didn’t have much to pack, I spent on Epoch I kept checking the player list for FallenOne but I was not in luck My notifications list said that he hadn’t logged in since that day we had played together weeks before

The next day I was on a flight to Aht, per Adaottenforfivefit to be seen at a place like Amstel Amsterdam

I traveled inshoes, with a s of toiletries and unmentionables tucked under the enorh every short line at the airport and not a single person blinked an eye atwas full service and everybody catered to lass of chilled white wine at the first-class lounge It took the edge off of traveling alone and the uncertainty of what I’d be facing in the Netherlands I snacked on so with the wine The jitters only dulled instead of dissipating

But the plane ride was so else entirely I’d have fifteen hours of travel, yet, before I would touch down in Amsterdam So I enjoyed myself in the top floor front of the iht to London, I was served more wine and handed a full menu Dinner came on a white tablecloth with china and full silverware I unabashedly enjoyed the pa British accents spoken all aroundtrue to the territty by the time I’d deplaned

Upon our arrival in London, an airline e up a card with my nae and spa, giving me a list of all the appointments she’d made on my behalf Then I was treated to ahanded a towel and a shiny green and gold shopping bag Then she ledplane ride, it felt like heaven And I still had a few hours before the flight to As still on thereen and black sundress and even new underthings--silk panties and a , lacy bra I blushed to look at them, but felt so pretty when I wore them that I could hardly be upset at the presumption

I’d never been spoiled before And I could definitely see the appeal I applied my makeup and dried and styled my hair and felt like a fresh, new person I’d stepped into a whole neorld, like a modern-day fairy tale It was just a short, one-hour hop fro for me