Martha woke up to a quiet house and an empty bed. She looked at her phone and saw that it was almost noon. Yawning, she climbed out of bed and went to the railing. Through the giant windows she could see Landry and Josie and a bunch of instruments on the back deck. Martha smiled at the sight and watched them for a while. They were both animated and jumping from instrument to instrument. It looked like a cartoon on mute.
Martha threw on leggings and a shirt. She grabbed her phone and saw that she had a few messages she had not noticed before. One was from Drake.
“See you tonight, I’ll be there at 6pm.”
Martha groaned. She looked at the next text, which was from Betsy.
“How was your date? C U tonight darling!” Kissy fa
