> NM:
> Marissa closed her eyes and bowed her head, moving the new emotions that
> came with the mention of her mom and the funeral. Odd because she knew
what
> had happened, knew then that her mother was gone -- but something about
> hearing the part about her being 'a decent' person kind of hit her.
>
> "She was my mom." she said quietly, the spoken words with more meaning
than
> just what was said. Her mother, for whatever reason, had kept father and
> daughter apart, but for how the rest of it went -- Reese knew her mother
> would have gone to hell and back for her only child. To Reese, she was
more
> than just 'decent'. And she was gone.
>
> She didn't hold what Milo said against him, was in fact pretty sure he
meant
> it in the best of ways. But her mother was still dead.
>
> "I, um.. " she swallowed and forced herself to get some kind of control
over
> her emotions "Is there maybe a time or opprotunity we can.. meet?"
>
> She looked at Sam and gave her friend a crooked, meaning to assure her,
kind
> of smile, but was pretty sure she hadn't fooled her.
>
> Then she looked at Claire and Brady, asking Milo to hold on a second as
she
> covered the mouth piece and asked "Would you mind if he joined us for
> breakfast?"
>
Samantha:
Well, she thought, that will give him a chance to kill me if he feels the
need. She smiled at her friend thinking it was a great idea. "Of course
that means I don't get tomeet the nice looking older guy," she said pouting
but only enough to see if might make her friend really smile.
Sam
