“You ready for this day?” Barnard asked Purity as she took her sip of coffee early in the morning. Her suspension from work without pay had set her back in terms of finance and she was not too thrilled to look at Scott’s face yet again. She looked over at Barnard, her face not hiding her irritation one bit from her best friend and truly, she could not imagine what would be of her daughter and her life if Barnard had not offered them a place to stay all this while. Breathing out a sigh of sheer frustration, Purity placed her cup of hot coffee on the kitchen counter. “One day I will be able to pay you back for all that you have done for me,” Purity told her best friend inwardly feeling guilty that she was adding to Barnard’s burden seeing that she was not yet back up on her feet. Barnard’s