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I raced home from work, got there by 5:15. If I could quickly do a few hours of homework, eat something fast, get to bed by 9:00, SET MY ALARM for 2:00—five hours sleep wasn’t much, but it would have to do. I had to find Halli tonight.
It was hard to tear myself away. Will was still working on the computers when I left, but our mothers were both in the office, too, so I couldn’t really just sit there all afternoon staring at him the way I wanted to. And besides, the bookkeeping always backs up when I don’t stay on top of it, and it’s close enough to the end of the month that I figured I might as well pay the bills.
“How are we doing this month?” Elena asked me when I brought her the checks to sign. My mom looked like she was busy catching up on her paperwork, so I decided not to both
