**Starring Carmen Valentina**

"Hey honey, we need to have a talk," Step-Mom started to say. "I just heard from one of your teachers that you're not doing so well." Her face was stern and serious as she talked about your failing grades. "So, what's going on? Because I thought you were working on homework, but all I hear all day long is that damn flute/recorder thing. You have to get your grades up," she lectured.

Without good grades, she explained, you couldn't get into a good college, which meant you wouldn't have a good job. "You can't live with me forever, honey," she s... Show more