She pulled to a stop in front of her mother’s home, her delicate features now marred by a deep frown. She opened her car door and walked up the stone pathway, for the first time noticing that the landscaping along the front of the house looked a little shoddier than usual. Some of the bushes were badly in need of a trim. The dahlias had started to wilt and should have been pruned days ago. Crabgrass and dandelions were starting to peek between blades of grass on the once-perfect lawn. Lauren rang the doorbell and waited patiently for one of her mother’s many maids to answer. When she did not see a silhouette darken the windowpane along the front door, she rang again. Several seconds later, the door finally opened. Lauren gawked in surprise when she saw her mother standing in the doorway. Her mother never answered her own door. What the hell is this about? Though Yolanda Gibbons looked as flawless as usual, her glamorous clothes, hair, and makeup could not mask the fact that she looked resigned and weary.
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