Two hours later, the movie was done and Blake and mom went to a restaurant to have some lunch. Ordering their food and enjoying it, they sat there and had a very pleasant conversation about Ryan and how things were going between them, with Blake managing to hold a decent smile throughout the entire conversation despite falling to absolute pieces on the inside. She didn’t want to rain on mom’s parade and so she kept her heartache to herself. She was in such a bright mood about Ryan calling her and texting her to check up on her and she didn’t want to poison the happy moment with her dejectedness. 15:00 hours hit and they were back home and as mom was relaxing in the backyard reading a book, Blake was upstairs in her room talking to Arthur on the phone, filling him in on not just what she