I hugged the teddy bear before stepping out of my room the next day, "Mom, I have something to tell you," I sang as I walked towards the kitchen where she was cooking something.
"What?" She asked me.
I cleared my throat, "Remember the time you told me that you always wanted to further your studies, but you never had time for it?"
"Yeah, what about it?" She asked, stirring something in the pot.
"Why don't you join now?" I suggested and watched her hand movement halt abruptly, "I hate to see you all cooped up in this apartment twenty-four-seven, Mom, " I continued when her eyes shot up to mine.
"I don't think it is a good idea, Charlotte." My mother shook her head at me.
I frowned, "You didn't even think twice. Why not?" I asked her.
"Think about it. I will be the oldest student ther
