Chapter 3

Pulling her car into the rear
parking lot of Wickham Hall Tina knew the time had finally came to allow Angie
to spread her wings and fly but it didn’t make it any easier.

It saddened her to realize how
quickly Angie had grown up.

It seemed as if it was only
yesterday she and Bette brought her home from the hospital.

Tina knew that if Bette were here
today she would be so proud of their daughter knowing she too had selected
Yale.

Wiping the tears from her face she
smiled softly at the young woman in the seat next to her and said.

“Ready to go Angie?”

“Yeah Mom I am really excited.”

As the two got out of the car and
started unloading Angie’s bags Tina remembered the first day of her college
experience and smiled to herself recalling the vibrant, young woman who quickly
grew into a mature adult.

She knew a similar metamorphosis
would happen for her Angie and she was happy for her and all the new things in
her future.

She just hoped that because Angie
had identified her sexual preference at such a young age she would have more
control than Bette or she had maintained in their college years.

Tina and Angie spent the next few
hours unloading and unpacking Angie’s things.

Once she was situated in her new
dorm room they called it an afternoon and headed out to a nice restaurant for a
final meal together for a while.

As the meal came to a close and
Tina paid the check silence enclosed both of them on the way back to campus.

Before pulling the car into the
available parking spot Tina turned to Angie and out of the blue apologized for
making so many mistakes where she was concerned while growing up.

She admitted to her that the
largest one was marrying Henry.

Angie assured her mother that she
had forgiven her for that a long time ago.

She promised Tina she would be home
for the holidays and she expected some real Kennard home cooking.

Wiping her tears Tina watched
through the windshield until Angie disappeared inside Wickham Hall before
starting the engine and pointing the car toward the interstate.