Had she been kidding herself all those years? Had she really never had potential to be anything more than an amateur?

Shira was genuinely shocked. Was her mother-in-law really changing, or was she imagining it? Or maybe she was just that desperate to get rid of them

Yes, her mother-in-law was intense and competitive, Shira thought. It was funny to think of her as having personality traits like any other person

“Shira,” Ephraim cut in. “I literally just woke up. I need to go daven and then go to class. I don’t have a brain for this now.” He didn’t sound apologetic

“Market research?” Eva repeated. This was it, her concept’s Achilles heel

Did this explain things? The way she just said yes, and didn’t think it through for a second, until she was here crying in a corner?

So she wasn’t making it up. Her mother-in-law did think she was an irresponsible spendthrift. But she wasn’t. Was she?

Part of her knew she was rambling, and made no logical sense. The other part believed every word she said as truth

It seemed that out of town, you invited people to seudos to make friends, and not the other way around