“Now, tell me why you’re leaving today instead of Sunday.”
“I have to get ready for classes. They begin on Monday, and I want to be on top of things. Besides, I told you I’m working on Sunday afternoon.”
Actually he wanted to see Casey. And perhaps see who else was around campus.
“I wish you’d reconsider, son,” his father said.
“Yes! All the drunks will be out on the road! It is New Year’s Day, you know.”
“I think most of them are sleeping it off by now, Mother.” He wondered if she had been worried about all the drunks who might have been on the road those New Years while he’d been banished from home.
“I’ll call as soon as I get back to Colby. I promise.”
“Well, at least finish your breakfast.”
He did, then went to his room to shower and pack. He hugged and thanked them both.
And
