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Getting Ready

Eva

We finish earlier on Fridays, so we hang out after school with Chloe and Chris. Jeremy and Max came with us too, but Max has a game later and can't stay much. Jeremy turned out to be way more patient than me when explaining Victorian Classics, although he didn't look like it at first. I'm heading home, it's almost 4 pm -mom should still be at work.

Rudy's wandering around, so she comes my way and gives me the usual sniff and a lick on the hand.

"Did I pass the security check for today?"

I scratch her behind the ears and once she's had enough, I'm good to go. I put the key in the locker and discover the door's open. Then I see the shoes my mom went out with this morning. I go inside and see her lying on the couch, covered under a blanket. You've got to be kidding me.

"Mom?" Don't tell me she got fired again. "Hey, Mom? Are you ok?"

She pokes her head out of the cover and says, her voice hoarse. "I don't feel very well so they let me go home for the day."

"Just for today?"

I know I
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