“You look well this morning, dear,” Grandmother’s voice causes me to turn around quickly. I almost stumble over my costume which is in a pile on the floor. I hear Grandmother chuckle and I scowl in response.

I’ve been up for a couple of hours, well, I really couldn’t sleep that well. I, maybe, got 3 or 4 hours of sleep. But that is not including the hour or so of sleep I got before Max interrupted me.

I rub my eyes trying to keep myself awake now. I ...