Constance
"Relax, honey. Pacing back and forth isn't going to speed things up. They will be back before you know it. Why don't we have some coffee while we wait?"
That was my mom's fix for everything. Coffee was her cure for everything. I smiled, knowing she was right, but I couldn't help but have this sinking feeling in my gut. They hadn't been gone very long at all, but even before they left, I felt like someone was watching us. It very well could be my imagination, so that's what I chalked it up to being.
I took the coffee mug in my hands, enjoying the warmness the cup offered. "How do you do it, mama? How can you stay so calm when daddy and Brock are risking their lives like this?"
Mom came and sat beside me at the bar, placing her hand on my knee for a brief moment. "It is never e
