I ' m pretty sure the way I feel is partly because of the crap I ' ve had to endure during the last week . I ' ve never been in such a big mess in my life and I ' m humiliated and I feel like the world is crashing down on me emotionally , physically , and financially . Not to mention the person I 'd been confiding in about all this ( my stepmother ) is going out of town to visit her mother for several days and I 'll be stuck with my dad ( who does n't want to talk about anything ) .

Available choices:
(a). Their mom is traveling .;
(b). Their step mom is traveling .;
(c). Their step mom is staying with the narrator .;
(d). Their step mom is coming back .;
Answer the following question: Why is the narrator dreading the next few weeks ?
(b).