Lola walked around the car and got into the passenger seat, placing her bag at her feet and rubbed her hands together putting them up to the heaters. ..."Can you turn the heat up Sugar?" she asked nicely with a smile, exposing her sparkling white teeth against the ruby red lipstick.He reached forward and turned the heaters off. "You don't need to be warm." he grunted and picked up speed."What do you mean Sugar?" Lola looked at him with a confused look on her face. He ignored her and continued to. I'm just curious about your wife and her friend. What did you say her friend's name was?" Oh. Her name is Macy and she is our neighbor. She and Danielle could pass for twins. Macy and her husband just moved into the neighborhood a few weeks ago and my wife has become good friends with her."Jerome's knee's were getting weak as he stood with Hank knowing that he was just about to get ready to hit on the man's wife. Jerome was nervous as he spoke."Well. Hank Are you going to be leaving soon?" I. Lani sat up straight as her anger flared up. "Stop that, Dee. Stop that right now. You know it isn't where you come from. It's where you go, it's where you are." Her eyes flashed. "You had a lot of obstacles and overcame them; I don’t know why you keep seeing that as a bad thing instead of the testament to your strength that it is." "Celia called me," Dee said quietly, sipping at her wine. Lani's anger fled immediately, was replaced by concern. "What did she want?" "Money." Dee shrugged. "What. “That- that bitch! That two faced-”“Hey!” my dad interrupted sternly. “That’s no way to talk about your mother.”“She is not my mother,” I shouted. I was absolutely livid. Sure I never thought of her as a mother but I never hated her. She had never been cruel been to me, just apathetic and that made her presence tolerable for me so far. “So you’re cutting me off just because she told you to? Some dad you are.”He was fidgeting in his seat. “I know this is difficult to process John. But listen, I.