"Oh, there you are!" she said brightly.
The color drained from Linda's face and she started to stammer. Mom just continued to smile, but she gave Linda the excuse she couldn't possibly imagine in that moment.
"I guess Joshua gave you one of his famous 'deep tissue massages.' Lord knows, there have been plenty of evenings that I came home tense, and that was just what I needed. Don't you feel better now, Linda?"
"Y—yes," Linda replied, licking her lips and looking up at my face. "I never imagined that would feel so good."
I looked from Linda's face over to my mom as she got up from the couch. There was a gleam in her eye that I recognized all too well.
Oh, boy, I thought, What is she going to do?
She still had that beautiful smile on her lips as she walked up to us. She reached up and
