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“Maybe it will be good for you two to catch up.”

The left side of her mouth turned upward. “Maybe.”

I stood to leave, but she touched my shoulder softly. “Em, is everything okay? You’ve seemed a little…distracted lately.”

A montage of my sexcapades with my history teacher all over the school played behind my eyes.

With everything so open and raw between us, I wanted to blurt out “I’m sleeping with my history teacher. Oh, and I’m in love with him, too, but I don’t think he’s in love with me.”

But I didn’t. My mom had enough on her plate as it was.

“Internship is a little hectic but I can manage. Just normal senior year stuff. You know how it is.”

My mother side-eyed me with obvious disbelief but didn’t press the issue any further. “I’m sorry this has been so tough on you. I know I haven’t made it any easier. I’m going to do better.” She put her hand up before I could interrupt. “I know I’ve said that before. But Kat is right about one thing. I can handle this better that I have been.”

“Tomorrow will be better,” I said, forcing a smile, wishing I believed my own words.