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This I wasn’t sure was good

“Do you think it’s a good idea that we leave Dad and Tor in the dining room…” my mother’s eyes caood idea?” Mo it, , “I don’t know”

Mom hesitated, rinsed a plate and put it in the dish drainer before asking, “Is there so lass away Then I reached for the plate

Then I lied, “No”

“Cora,” Mom said softly and I hated it when she said my name like that Soft with disappointment I hated to disappoint my Mom That was the worst

I dried the plate, put it away, turned my side to the counter and leaned into it

Then I found my mother’s eyes and I whispered, “I’m in love with him”

My mother, who never hid her expressions froht what she thought – didn’t do it then either And her face looked at war She looked hopeful and happy at the sahtened and concerned

She pulled the towel from my hands, dried her own, dropped the towel on the counter and got close to me

“You’re in love with him?”

I nodded

“If you’re in love with ayou are, sweetie, why do you look like your dog just got run over?”

“Things are… coht,” she muttered and I shook ,” I told her and her brows drew together

“Things are ?” she enquired and I nodded “How?”

“Well…” I started, quickly weighed the pros and cons of confiding the fullness of my history with Tor to my mother, then I decided to do it I had no one else to talk to about it, my Mom esome, she was also wise so who else would I choose? “In his world, I was up front with him about who I here I came from He didn’t believe me”

Her head tipped to the side “And?”

“For two months he didn’t believe me, Mom The Cora of his world is different than me A lot different She isn’t a very nice person and… he doesn’t like her htened, her eyes went alert and she repeated, “And?”

“But he used to love her But she spurned his love, I get the gist that she wasn’t nice about it and they were prophesied to ot there, he didn’t knoas ame with him So he played one withthis tiht before we both cahe knows you’re not a liar now,” she replied

“Yep, he knows,” I affirmed the obvious