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to pounce when I walk
through the door? Has she gone
to sleep, assuming I stayed
overnight and forgot
the cell phone in my purse?
Cell phone! I yank it out,
and sure enough, there’s
a voice mail message
waiting for me. When you
get this, please call and let
us know you’re safe. I don’t
care what time it is. Mom
is pissed, and rightly so.
I look at the time. Two
twenty. Screw it, I’d better
call. Mom answers on
the second ring. Hello?
Kristina, is that you?
Who else would it be? “Yes,
it’s me. I’m fine. I stayed
late at Robyn’s, decided
to come on home. No worries.
I’ve had gallons of coffee.”
No worries? Kristina Georgia
Snow! Have you no consideration
whatsoever for your family?
We’ve been so worried!
One simple phone call…
She’s right. Of course she is.
But I don’t feel like giving much
