Test Day

Chapter 68

Kevin

I didn’t fall asleep till nearly midnight. I kept thinking of a way to Janet’s heart. What did she care about the most? I still hadn’t gotten the answer when I fell asleep. It was a little after midday when I woke up to a painful hangover and my ringing phone.

I groaned and vowed for the millionth time never to drink again.

I reached for my phone besides me.

“Hello?” I asked.

“Kevin honey how are you feeling?” Mom asked.

“I am doing okay mom and you?”

“I am good. Your dad said you had a flu, have you taken medication?”

It took me a full minute to realize what she was talking about.

“Yeah mom a flu, it was awful but I have taken something for it. How is dad?”

“He is great, at first I was worried about you all alone with a flu, then I remembered you had Janet is she there?”

“No mom she has gone to work, like I said, I am better now.” Telling the lie was a lot harder than I had thought.

“When are you two coming to see us again? How about dinner