Summary

When Maya and Bailey were alone at Vivian’s house, Bailey asked her what was wrong. She responded that she didn’t like Vivian and didn’t understand why she left them. Bailey said the only way to find out was to ask her. A man of action, Bailey whisked Maya along with him and immediately confronted his mother. She explained how she and their father didn’t get along. The children had brought a lot of pressure on the couple. Annie offered to take the children. After the children were sent to Arkansas, she and their father got along much better. She missed them, but she would have been a terrible mother.

Vivian soon broke the news to Maya and Bailey that they had a stepfather. She had married Clidell Jackson a few years before. He was out of town but would...