“Whatever. Hat, beanie, things that goes on heads, right? Right. Besides my Jenny is not into the boys anymore,” her mother passed on rolling out the door. Her Aunt and cousin froze and stared at her mother and then moved their gaze onto Jenny.

Jenny herself was shocked. How did she know? Jenny had never discussed it with her mother before. Was she ok with it? She studied her mother for a moment for an expression, a gesture, or something that would incline wether she had been shocked and saddened or jubilant.

Her mother turned toward her and looked down at the sad pile of chopped carrots on her cutting board. “Probably good thing too. You make lousy cook,” she commented taking the carrots and throwing them into a boiling pot of water.

“Jenny? Is this true, what your mother says?” Aunt Lucinda asked her. Jenny was still dumbstruck but managed to move her head slowly.

“Well, mostly. I like girls. I like boys, too but not as much as I used to,” Jenny meekily explained. She felt the colour drain from her face as her Aunt looked flabbergasted. Her mother chimed in.

“What does it matter? My Jenny likes who she likes wether is boy or girl. This is how it is,” she said leaving it to finality. Then as if the world had been put on pause then back to play again the kitchen jerked into a busy bunch of women making dinner.

“Thank you for meeting with me again, Dr. Hawthorne,” Alice said as she sat down in the office across from Dr. Hawthorne.

“Robyn,” she insisted as she watched Alice sit down in the chair across from her. Alice smiled.

“Robyn,” Alice greeted. She whipped out her pen and pencil and started jotting down a few words.

“I take it your boss liked my interview?” Robyn asked as she studied Alice moving her pencil furiously over the small pad.

“Yeah, that’s why the follow up questions. He said if we keep getting good responses he might contact you about a column if you’re intrested,” Alice said not taking her eyes off the page. Oh, *****. Did I insult her? I mean she is a big time relationship therapy person with star clientele does she think I think she needs this job or something? “Uh, what I mean is, if you’re not busy with anything,” Alice started.