“Hey, Bella, I have to ask because it’s driving me crazy,” Nia said. “Are you that actress on the sitcom…? I can’t remember the name.”
Oh, Lord, she was afraid of when this would happen. It would break her heart if they didn’t want to be her friend anymore.
“Yes.”
“Which one?” Riley asked. “My daddy doesn’t let me watch a lot of TV.”
“Me either,” one of the others said.
“Nope,” Larkin said.
Bella told them the name. “But I only have to do one more episode next year, and then I’m done.”
“Why are you quitting?”
“I never really liked it. My mother made me do it. She wasn’t a very nice person.”
“Where is she?”
“Prison,” Bella told them.
Their eyes widened, and then Larkin said, “That is so cool.”
They all laughed so hard the daddies looked over at them in concern.
Bella wiped her eyes as she grinned. At that moment, she knew it would all be okay.
She looked over at her daddy and smiled when he winked at her. She was going to have the best life ever.