Emily fidgeted a few more moments before finally reaching into her purse and digging out a small red and white box. Cigarettes. Marlboro Red 100's. The same ones that Danielle's father and Emily's grandfather smoked before getting lung cancer. For some reason this was more infuriating than the drugs. Maybe because they were right there in front of her. Or maybe because she should know better after what had happened to her grandfather. But either way it made her angry and hurt that her little girl was smoking. It was such a dirty and stupid thing to do, and she thought she had raised her better than that.

Even still,...