After Nina Jacobs's sudden departure, Vera Coleman had signed up to volunteer at the shelter to keep her mind from racing.
She had originally wanted to help in the kitchen, but Daniel Hale, worried she would overexert herself, found her a job doing inventory and logging supplies.
She was filling out a form just then and didn't notice Nina Jacobs walk up beside her at all.
"Mom, I'm back,"
Nina Jacobs said.
Vera Coleman's pen froze.
She looked up in disbelief, her expression finally breaking into delighted surprise when she saw her daughter.
"Nina, you..."
She had so many questions for Nina Jacobs but didn't know which to ask first.
"I was just staying at the old house for a few days, really,
same as when we were living there before."
Seeing that Vera Coleman was on the verge of tears, Nina Jacobs quickly explained.
"Then what about that Sherry, that girl from before?
Why did she say she saw you at that pyramid scheme—oh, no, that... that Alliance thing?
