Two weeks later Lynn's sister surprised her by taking her on a long weekend to the beach. It being a last-minute trip, Bailey couldn't get off work or start of the new college semester. Since this left her home alone, Lynn suggested that her daughter take the opportunity to ask Tom out. Although she saw the logic in her mother's reasoning, Bailey doubted if she would be able to make that call.

The next night Bailey was sitting on the couch, watching TV, when the weather app on her phone alerted her to an approaching thunder storm. It wasn't long before the sky outside the front window grew dark, thunder...