Mom's Stand-In
Teen daughter covers for Mom while she's away
A man’s finger pressed the record button on the video camera. “Have you done your homework?” Linda’s voice crackled through the handset, sounding far away, because she was. Her job dictated that she travel frequently, and this was one of those times. She left behind her daughter, Sarah, a junior in high school, and her husband. “Of course, Mom,” the young woman replied. She had pushed textbooks and papers aside. Now she h...