Jake listened intently, ready to take the phone if Zac's quick synopsis of what had happened wasn't making things clear enough.
"What? Tonight? Okay, I'll ask him," were Zac's last words before he handed the phone back to Jake.
Jack eyed him curiously, wondering what that had been about.
"Mom wants to know if you want to stay and have dinner. She said to make sure it's okay with your mom first?"
"Zac, why would your mom..." Jake stopped, the light bulb suddenly going on. "Zac, what have you told your mom about me?"
"I said you were my new friend and that you helped me with football," Zac replied matter-of-factly.
"Did you tell her anything else...like that I'm not a kid?" Jake ventured as they started to walk.
"I don't think so."
"And why not?"
"She never asked me. Why, is that important?" Zac asked innocently, his attention still on his sore finger. "I made sure you weren't a stranger. That's the rule."
Tori, Zac's mom, suddenly finds herself thrown into the middle of the struggle she has done her best to avoid--her inability to let go of the past and accept the possibility of a new future. With her parents by her side rooting for this victory, Tori continues to wrestle with the fallout of a failed marriage. Would God even be enough to guide her through her fears and push her past her pain in order to reach the other side? With her and Zac's future on the line, she needs to muster up the courage to find out before it is too late.
