As soon as Lindsay left the room, Genalise decided to give her mother a call. She sat on the edge of the bed, biting her fingernail as she listened to the dial tone on the other end. Right when she was about to hang up, Genalise’s mother, Amber, answered.
“Hello?” Amber answered.
“Hi, mama.” Genalise greeted.
“Genalise? How are you?”
“I’m doing good. How are you and papa doing?”
“We’re doing good. Um, you never really call. Is everything alright?”
Genalise paused for a second. She was trying to figure out how to let her mother know that she was getting married.
“Um, I wanted to tell you something.” Genalise said. “Are you busy?”
“Well, not at the moment. What’s going on?”
“Um, I wanted to let you know that I had some good news. I’m getting married around my birthday and I wanted
