She went into the kitchen to help her mom with dinner, annoyed to see the chicken roasting in the oven. Yes, she’d initially become a vegetarian as a way of rebelling against her parents, but it was an important part of her lifestyle now, so it was frustrating when her mom still acted like it was a teenage whim. “I’ve got a tofu dish as a side,” her mom said. “And bread.” “That’s fine,” Piper told her. Her trainer had her on a strict diet this week anyway, but she wished her mom didn’t always relegate her to a side dish. Would it have been so hard to cook a meatless meal tonight, the way
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