In Stamford, at Stamford Law Office, Mr. Spier was in the meeting when Mary Anne arrived. Mr. Spier's boss, Randy, noticed her. He's like a second father to her.
"Well, look who's here," said Randy.
"Hi, Randy," said Mary Anne whose eyes were puffy.
"Is everything okay?" asked Randy.
"I had a fine day until I got home. Here's the entire story: I was doing homework. I'm assuming Sharon had a tough day at work and was home early because she flipped out on me for no reason and guess what happen: she threw me out. I did nothing wrong. All I was trying to do is to make her feel better," explained Mary Anne trying not to cry.
"Uh-oh. That doesn't sound too good," said Randy.
"It's a good thing it's not raining or winter because I don't have my jacket when that happened. That's why I came here," said Mary Anne.
"Your father's in the meeting right now. He should be done in a few minutes," said Randy.
"Okay. Is it okay if I stay to wait for him?" asked Mary Anne.
"Certainly," replied Randy.
"Thanks," said Mary Anne trying not to cry again.
"We can talk for a bit until then," said Randy.
"I just couldn't believe Sharon threw me out for nothing," said Mary Anne when she started sobbing. "If my mom was living, she wouldn't do that for without a reason. Dad wouldn't like that."
"Let's get to the break room. We have vending machine for drinks for $1.25," Randy informed Mary Anne.
"Okay," said Mary Anne wiping her tears. "It's a good thing I got money in my pocket. But I only got fifty cents because I used some for the two busses I had to take to get here."
"I can give you extra," said Randy.
"Are you sure?" asked Mary Anne as he nodded. "Thanks. You're my lifesaver, Randy."
He laughed at that. In the break room, she got sprite and Randy picked Dr. Pepper.
"We can stay in here," said Randy.
That was when Randy noticed the meeting room had just finished the meeting.
"I'll be right back," said Randy.
"Okay," said Mary Anne.
He went out there when he saw Mr. Spier.
"Excuse me, Richard," said Randy.
"What's up?" asked Mr. Spier.
"You have a visitor in the break room," said Randy.
"Who is it?" asked Mr. Spier.
"Mary Anne. She's having problems at home. She just arrived awhile ago," replied his boss.
"Did something happened?" asked Mr. Spier.
In the break room, Randy came back in with Mr. Spier.
"Dad," said Mary Anne going to hug him while she was crying again.
"Is everything okay?" asked Mr. Spier as Mary Anne told him everything and he was shocked about what Sharon had done.
"I did nothing wrong. All I tried to do is help her by making her feel better. She's never like that," continued Mary Anne.
"I know," agreed Mr. Spier comforting his daughter.
"I don't know what problem to cause me and Sharon not to get along lately. I haven't done a thing about it," said Mary Anne.
"I've been noticing that. I'm concerned about the relationship between the two of you. I did realize you haven't done anything wrong. I believe you," said Mr. Spier. "We can work something out later at home."
"Okay. I just pray everything would be fine by then," said Mary Anne wiping her tears.
"I'm sure, sweetie," said Mr. Spier holding her hand.