Chapter 990

• Toni had said that she and Alex were like that too, and suggested it was genetic. Since then, she'd been wondering if her mother and birth mother were like that when they were her age. Checking the time, she figured she had enough time to go talk to her mom and ask.
• Heading back downstairs, she was half-way down when she realized what she was about to go do, who it was going to be with, and what she was admitting, and started to get a little nervous. She felt like she needed answers, though, and so she took a deep breath and continued down the steps. Steeling her resolve, she went and found her mother, relaxing on her giant bed with a novel in her hands.
• "Hey, sweetie," she said, smiling and looking up from the pages. "You need some food?"