Chapter 87

Tasha finished up with her students one hour later and hurried back to her office. She needed to call her parents before she went for her next lecture. Tasha reached for her phone, her heart still pounding with joy. She dialed her mother's phone number and paced the floor of her office as the phone rang.

Finally, her mother's cheery voice answered. "Hello, dear! Your father and I were just talking about your visit tomorrow." Her mother was happy to hear her voice and happier that she would see her the next day.

She sat on the sofa in the corner of her office. “Mom, I have some amazing news! Tasha's eyes welled up with tears again. “Put the phone on speaker because of Dad.”

“Really?” her mother asked. “Yes, the phone is on speaker. Now tell us.”

"Mom, Dad, I got promoted to the rank of professorship!" She shouted on top of her voice into her phone.

“Oh, my God!” her mother exclaimed, followed by a moment of silence. “Congratulations, honey.”

Tasha could hear her father in the backgr