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I spent the next few hours paover I showered and gave myself a facial, pedicure and manicure At the end of it all, I felt a h that I received a phone call from my mum that shot all my plans to shit

“Harlow, honey, one of the fridges at the café died I’ to sort all the food into the other fridge, but I’ customers while I take care of it” She sounded frazzled

“Sure, Mum Give me ten minutes, and I’ll be there”

“You’re a lifesaver Thank you,” she replied, and hung up

I quickly threw on a dress, grabbed , and drove the short distance to Mum’s café We lived about six minutes from it, which I loved because traffic and I didn’t see eye to eye There ay too many idiots on the road, and too many road rules to follow

Muh the front door The tension just whooshed out of her Being such a strong, independent woman since the day my father died when I was fifteen, she had a tendency to take everything on by herself and hated to ask for help

“Thanks for co

I grabbed an apron and shooed her with es I’ll take care of the customers”

She saluted one” And with that, she darted out to the back kitchen

I spent the next few hoursfood It was a fairly busy afternoon, and the tie issues and then e fixed Just after five thirty she appeared at the counter looking upset I’d just locked the front door after seeing the last customer out

“What’s wrong?” I asked her with a sinking feeling Mum was such a practical person; not much made her look that down

“I need a new fridge and that’s going to cost thousands Thousands that I don’t have”

“Shit”

She exhaled loudly “Just when things were turning around Why is it always two steps forward and five steps back? For once, I just want things to be easy”

I went to her and grabbed her in a huge hug “We’ll work it out, Ma We always do”