My apartment is cramped, hot, and lonely. I guess it's always been this way, I just never noticed it like I do now. I turn the thermostat to its normal I'm home setting. After staying at Moon's, the heat is unbearable within an hour.

I check through my messages, glad that the cell phone from my car was waiting in the rental. Three missed calls from Terry, one from Brenda, and one from my dad. Crap. I forgot about calling my mother. I make the call. My mother is a wonderful ...