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58

LAURA

It was my third day at my mother’s house and she hadn’t smoked a single thing. She’d probably decided that she didn’t want to add any more to my suffering.

Maybe she was abstaining simply because I was here, and for all the world, she could go back to smoking soon as I left. I’d take it. A win is a win.

Speak of the devil.

She appeared in the hallway, looking rather fresh in a bright short sleeved t-shirt paired with black leggings. It might sound like an exaggeration but to be honest, the dark circles under her eyes weren’t as obvious as they used to be.

“Why, you’re positively radiant this morning!” She exclaimed, sitting on the arm of the couch I occupied.

Rolling my eyes, I grabbed the remote, pausing the show I’d been watching. “Look who’s talking. Have you had a look in the mirror this morning?”

“You’re just teasing me.”

“Am not.” Just then, Jo walked into the house beaming, and I grinned a
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