 What is Sara's relationship with her mom?
Mom sighs, shoulders falling, looks at Sara directly. When they part it's Mom's hand that's on the bag's handle. For a few seconds Sara is alone in the hallway, the smell of cooking meat coming from one doorway, the sound of rolling news from another. Sara turns back to the TV, to watching the war, to trying to work out which one it is. Up until then it just seemed like constant warmth, as though she didn't have any childhood concept of Dad apart from him getting home from work, then her sitting on his knee, eating cookies and watching football highlights until Mom came in and scolded them both for ruining their appetites before dinner. Since her second year of school he'd never been to NYC to visit her. She came back when she could face it; sometimes for birthdays, sometimes for Thanksgiving. Dad is in the bathroom, and Sara has had enough of Fox and whichever war this is. It's signed in to her Dad's FB account, and the last thing she wants is to try and log in on hers before he gets back from the john. In her pocket her phone vibrates, purrs against her skin, reminding her it's there, making sure she's not forgotten where her real friends are, that there's a world outside, beyond Dad and his TV. Sara works for a non-profit in Brooklyn that helps big organisations to transition to renewable energy.
 Sara is worried she has disappointed her mom who is exhausted by being in the middle of a family fight
 Sara's mom doesn't trust Sara very much given the history Sara has with her dad  Sara's mom is endlessly proud of Sara even if this is tense in the rest of the family  Sara is worried she has disappointed her mom who is exhausted by being in the middle of a family fight  Sara does everything driven by a desire to make her mom proud, and she is praised in return