Monday, August 6th

It was the next afternoon when Patrick's mother woke him up. "Hey, sleepyhead."

He rolled over and blinked at her. "What?"

"Some girl named Katelina called. She said you left your cellphone in her car."

He bolted up in bed. Katelina had called his mother? How had she gotten the number? Then he realized it would be on his phone. Duh. "Is she going to drop it off?"

"I don't know. I told her you'd call back." She leaned her hip against the door ...