Too busy to hang out

Stephen took his mother's advice to heart and decided to spend more time with the women in his life; today he had one of them in mind. He walked down the stairs to the sitting room where Laura, Anna, and Jenny were chatting away.

"Good morning, ladies," he said, grinning from ear to ear. "How are my favorite ladies doing today?"

They all looked up at him with surprise on their face, his behavior was unusual. Why did he look so happy today? Everything seemed to be different around the Gray mansion this week.

Laura, his sister, scoffed and rolled her eyes. Anna gave him a shy smile and looked away, even though she found his behavior strange; he wasn’t this smiley on his best days. Jenny, his fiancée, stood up and gave him a quick peck on the cheek, she seemed to be the only one not surprised by his behavior.

"Stephen, you're up early," Laura said, “You didn’t forget it was a Saturday, did you?” she teased.

"I am. I wanted to spend some time with you guys today, I realized I haven’t rea