00:00smaller than I'd imagined. The living room was kind of messy, with kids picture books and Lego
00:04pieces all over the couch. Oh right, Jessica told me she has a little sister who's not even three yet.
00:11Jess, you still mad at mom? Jessica's mom took out a shoe box and put it on the coffee table.
00:16Those shoes you wanted, I saved up and got them for you. Check and see if these are the ones.
00:22I opened the box. Inside was a knockoff pair of Golden Goose sneakers. I knew for sure it was fake,
00:27because just last week, my mom bought me the real ones and ordered me to wear them to school on
00:32the
00:3215th of every month. Even though I hated those shoes, I numbly followed her orders and wore the
00:37Golden Geest on the 15th. Back then, Jessica noticed my new shoes, looked up the price online, and sulked
00:42the whole day. Jess, did mom get the wrong ones? I looked at her hopeful eyes and felt a warmth
00:47rising
00:48in my chest. No, it's just one of my classmates has the same pair. Could I pick out something else
00:53instead? Of course. Here's my phone. Add whatever you pick to the shopping chart. I gotta run to the
01:00neighbors to pick up your little sister first. She handed me her phone and headed out, so she had
01:04to leave her younger daughter with the neighbors every day just to have time to pick up her older
01:08one. But a 17 or 18 year old girl can totally take the bus to and from herself. She didn't
01:12really
01:13need to drive me every day. Was it to save a little on gas? I stared at her phone. It
01:17was an old iPhone
01:18from three years ago, with two cracks on the screen. The lock screen and wallpaper were both photos of Jess
01:23and her little sister. You could tell she was crazy frugal and loved her two kids to pieces.
01:27This is so nice. A mom this great is going to be mine from now on.
