A Mother's Secret There was the familiar beep. "Hey Mom, its Amos. I was able to take my last final exam a day early so I'm on my way home now. See you soon!" I glanced down to end the call on my iPhone and returned my eyes to the road ahead. With barely an hour left on my drive home from college, I suspected that she may not even realize that I left her a voicemail before she sees me come through the door. No big deal though, she loves surprises and I'm sure she will be happy to see me. I turned the radio up as a favorite song from the band The Killers came on, entitled "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine". Immediately I thought of my best friend, who coincidently is named Jenny. We have been close since elementary school, when she and her mom moved into a house on my street. We have always had a lot in common in our family life -- being the only child raised by a single mom and never knowing our fathers. Neither of our mothers ever remarried. We haven't seen each other in months for the first time though, now going to different colleges hundreds of miles apart. I stayed in New York to pursue a degree in graphic design, while she traveled south to Florida with the intention of becoming a pharmacist. From our last conversation over the phone, it sounded like she was eager to see me too. With our first semester of college over, we would have two weeks to catch up over Christmas break. Less than an hour later, I pulled onto my street and decided to park just far enough away from the house so that Mom didn't hear my car in the driveway. She had not returned my call, so it was likely that she didn't know I was on my way. I carefully crept in through garage and quietly cracked open the door leading into the kitchen. I heard my mother laughing in response to what sounded like another woman's voice. She must have company over, I thought. Then her voice changed, in a way I had never heard before. She was squealing, and then there was a yelp followed by more giggling. Perplexed and somewhat alarmed, I opened the door wider staying silent. I was frozen with what I saw. There was my mom, lying on the kitchen counter, naked. …but everything was about to change
