No More Excuses

Callum bent down and helped Sadie sit up.

"Why are you here? Where's my mom? What time is it?" She fired off questions one after another, her tone distant.

Callum helped her up and pushed the water cup into her hands. "It's already 2 p.m. You slept straight through until now. You had a slight fever this morning, but you sweated it out and it broke."

He paused before continuing. "I came by at lunch