Nicole had always resented the factory, which took so much of her mother’s time. Nicole wished that her mother worked as a secretary or real estate agent, a “normal mom job,” as her friends’ mothers did. Even now, after all these years, Nicole wasn’t quite sure what a bearing was. “Is it something to do with cars?” she asked after Shannon hung up the phone. That hurt Shannon’s feelings. “Seriously?” Shannon asked. “Bearings are like air. They are in everything that moves.” Nicole did not look convinced.
