“If indeed they divorced you, daughter, then this is the best news of my life,” Mother opened her arms for an embrace.

When I glared at her I could see the cloud of fulfilled excitement that possessed her brow; her eyes were inflamed with joy unspeakable that I wondered if she knew the conditions surrounding the divorce.

I withheld myself and fondled with my smallish finger, “But we have a problem. Mother,” I sounded and raised my gaze at her to see the smiles on her face glower into a frown. Her jaw sagged and I wondered if it was safe to let her know the huge debt on us...