Bubblegum Shampoo

Chloe had finished cooking and getting things in place for her brothers by six, and when she tested Hailey to know where she was, she told her she was still at home trying to decide what to wear, so she decided that it was better she did one or two of her assignments instead of finding what to wear, so she laid her books out on the bed to do them.

She did two of the ones that were due the next day and promised to do the other one when she came back from the party, then she grabbed her phone from her pocket to call her mother, who was almost never at home.

“Hey, mom.” She greeted her with a small smile on her face.

“Hey, little bird. I'm busy, I've got a lot of patients to attend to.” Her mother said, causing the smile on her face to wipe off. Her voice sounded as if she was rushing somewhere, and she wondered what she was doing, but that was just for a brief second. What was on her mind was what she had just said.

“Oh, so that's it? You don't have time for me, or any of us at home?