“Never mind. I’ll be back by tomorrow.” Billy hung up the phone with an aggravated sigh. Calling the airport, he booked the next flight home.
“Leaving so soon?”
Billy turned to find Nicole standing behind him. “Yeah, there’s a problem at work I need to handle.”
“You haven’t even told me why you showed up to begin with.”
“What, a guy can’t visit his sister without a reason?”
Nicole raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.
“You’re right,” he said, the smile disappearing from his face. “I haven’t been known to do it in the past.” He suffered a surge of guilt. “I wanted to see how you are. I wanted to surprise you.”
“Are you sure that’s all there is to it?”
“Yeah, it is…well, I have been a little stressed lately, but there’s no sense in going into that now. You’ve got enough to worry
