That was exactly what Emma’s mother expected when her eighteen-year-old daughter sent a text message earlier that day.
“Please be nice,” Emma wrote. “I really like him.”
The message immediately made her smile.
Emma had never brought a boyfriend home before. There had been crushes, school dances,
Naturally, her parents were curious.
Her mother spent the afternoon preparing dinner and imagining what the young man might be like. She expected someone polite, perhaps slightly nervous, and eager to make a good impression.
