What a daySuddenly Lacey remembered she had forgotten to call Mom. “Nuts,” she said to the silence. Reaching for her phone, she turned it on and there was no dial tone. “What the…” And then she remembered that she had Jake unplug it at dinner. She was shocked that it was still unplugged. Jake loved to talk on the phone. Well, it’s too late to call her now. I’ll do it first thing tomorrow morning, she thought. She put the phone down and went downstairs to plug it back in. She wasn’t even halfway up the stairs when she heard it ring. She ran the rest of the way, hoping that it didn’t wake Jake up. He needed all the sleep he could get with the last couple of days he’d had. She made it by the fourth ring and grabbed it, a bit out of breath. “Hello.”
Well, it’s too late to callher now. I’lldo
