She Was Shining Brilliantly

Sierra told Jefferson everything she saw and heard the night before.  "Jeff, I'm not kidding but I really thought that I saw a light shining on Adrienne when she refused to sign the papers; she was shining brilliantly and she had a determined look in her eyes. She really isn't the little girl we thought she was anymore. She's grown up now; she knows what she wants and what she's doing. If you really end up in some sort of sticky situation, I'm sure she'd want you to tell her so that you two could shoulder the burden together. It would be better than you hiding everything from her." Jefferson had heard all that from Adrienne before, but he didn't think too much about it. He had always felt like he was making the right choice for her, but now it seemed like he might have been mistaken. Jefferson got up and said, "Sierra, thank you for telling me this. I know what I should do now." "Yes," Sierra replied as she nodded with satisfaction. "You've matured quite a bit yourself, Jeff." "Sierra,