While in the middle of the city.
Stella nearly jumped out of her seat when her phone vibrated on the dashboard. She didn't even need to look. She already knew who it was.
Her mother.
Again.
The glowing name "Mommy" flashed like an alarm siren.
Stella sighed.
This wasn't the first time her mother had called today. Or the second. Or even the fifth. Since five in the afternoon, her mother had been calling her every thirty minutes.
Yes, every thirty minutes.
She had told her she was handling an emergency patient and wouldn't be home until around ten.
And now, with only five minutes left to ten, her mother was calling again... as if she was on the verge of being kidnapped, murdered, or swallowed whole by a medical textbook.
She pressed the answer button and turned on the speakerphone.
However, before Stella could even say hello, Alicia's panicked voice boomed through the car.
"Stella, where are you? Are you alright?"
