Clara Grant caught up to Skylar Hayes by the restroom entrance. Skylar was leaning against the wall, a lost and dejected look in her eyes.
Clara slipped her arm through her mother's and asked gently, "Mom, are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm fine." Skylar seemed to snap back to reality only after hearing her daughter's voice. She forced a smile. "It's just... I didn't expect to run into Jean Jarvis and the others here. And I certainly... didn't expect that your Uncle Jarvis and she are cousins!"
Clara knew what really bothered her mother was the relationship between Marcus Jarvis and Jean Jarvis. While Clara was also surprised, it didn't change her own favorable opinion of Uncle Jarvis.
Because, deep down, Clara felt that Marcus Jarvis and Jean Jarvis were simply not the same kind of people.
"Mom, you're not going to start avoiding Uncle Jarvis just because he's related to Jean Jarvis, are you?"
