"Where were you?"a voice asks as soon as I open the door to my room.

　　A yelp escapes me and I slap a hand over my mouth to muffle my scream.My back presses into the door and the figure on the bed slowly rises.

　　She scared me.

　　"Theresa Grace Mower."Mum stops a few feet from me,one hand on her hip."Where were you?"Being the baby I am,I bridge the gap and hug her."This won't cut it,Tessa."But I feel her soften.Her hand lowers to my back."You didn't tell ...