No.49

POV Lisa

My mother pours me a cup of coffee, then does the same for Maddie. I place a kiss on her cheek and head for the door. I've been late all week, so today I can't afford to be late.

"Not so fast, young lady! "my mother shouts.

"But I'm already late, Mom! "I say, pouting.

"All you had to do was get up a little earlier, sit down and eat. "

"Mom, I have to..."

"I said sit down young lady. "

I let out a sigh and sit down opposite my sister, who's laughing behind her coffee cup. I throw a bun at her head under my mother's reproving gaze. So I take a piece of toast with Nutella on it and bite into it. Then I take a sip of coffee.

"I completely forgot to tell you that I ran into the son of Dad's former solicitor. "

"Manson?" My mother asks, arching an eyebrow.

I nod and continue eating.

"To think that this man didn't even deign to come and see us once after your father's disappearance; he turned his back on us, just like all the others! And to think your father considered him a f