“Two months, Luce. That’s all you’re getting. And I want you to know I do not agree with this decision.” Mom stands outside her Uber in the parking lot of the SunBay Inn, her bags already in the trunk. “Mandi wouldn’t take my card to pay for you, so clean up after yourself. Don’t make them cater to you.”
“I won’t.”
She nods a few times, still looking put out. I can’t let her get on a plane and go back to Idaho with us like this.
“Mom,” I say, stopping her before she climbs into the back seat. “I’m not trying to upset you.”
She sighs. “I wanted to spare you from this, but I see now I can’t. It’s your life. You made that clear to me a long time ago.”
I rush into her arms and squeeze her tightly, hoping the friction that was there before I left Adam will evaporate this time around. I wan
