"Jo, don't fight it; you can't deny the fact that you have feelings for Steve; you both are already married, so I don't see what is stopping you. This life is too short for us to hold our feelings back." Steve's mother's words kept playing in Joan's head as she prepared dinner that evening. After they finished making their hair together, Steve's mom came back to the house to get her things, and she left for her place. But before she left, she made sure to advise Joan not to hold herself back from enjoying her marriage with Steve.