"We're not getting any of it." I told her, "Because I have news for you mom. I'm not going through with this."

"We have to."

"No, we..."

"Yes we do." She leaned over in the car and put her arms around me. Pressing her damp cheek to mine she spoke in my ear. "Ryan, I love you with all my heart and I know you love me. Love means sacrifice and I will sacrifice anything for us and the girls. Its...it's a couple of hours, a onetime thing and we'll never talk about it again."

"Mom, I...I can't do this, and I...I don't understand how you think you could."

"I...