Noon“MOM, DO WE HAVE to go? I mean… I am so tired, I just want to stay home and do nothing,” I whined, but kept stuffing my clothes into my backpack.
“Edi, drop it, please. Your grandmother misses you. Besides,” Mom said, smiling and tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, “once you start college, you’ll never have time.”
“Yeah, but I could be working—”
She pressed a finger to my lips and I held my tongue. “Enough. We’ll manage. You don’t have to spend every waking hour working. We have enough for your college and my expenses here.”
I sighed and slumped my shoulders. I knew there was no point in arguing any further. The work excuse wouldn’t fly. I hadn’t seen my grandma in ages and I’d refused to go there for a while now. She’d come and stayed with us for a month or so during the worst
