Uchenna's Apples
“A flush of panic went straight through Uchenna like fire. “Oh God oh God,” she said, and got the phone out, popped it open. “Hi Mam—”
“No, her phone was lying here, so I just used it,” her Dad said. “Chenna, where’d you go? I brought you out some Indian, but you and Emer had flown the coop. Where are you two?”
Oh my God, Uchenna thought. She had absolutely nothing ready by way of an excuse. “We, uh, we heard something over the wall, Daddy. We climbed over to see what it was.” Not entire...ly a lie, she thought. Uchenna normally disliked lying because she always had trouble keeping the stories straight; but if she had to do lie, she preferred to have a really good one prepared.
“Oh,” her dad said. He sounded a little bit suspicious, but not too much. “Well, okay, but you get back here right now. You know Mam and I don’t like you running around after dark! Especially out in those fields, God knows what goes on out there at night—”MoreLess
“No, her phone was lying here, so I just used it,” her Dad said. “Chenna, where’d you go? I brought you out some Indian, but you and Emer had flown the coop. Where are you two?”
Oh my God, Uchenna thought. She had absolutely nothing ready by way of an excuse. “We, uh, we heard something over the wall, Daddy. We climbed over to see what it was.” Not entire...ly a lie, she thought. Uchenna normally disliked lying because she always had trouble keeping the stories straight; but if she had to do lie, she preferred to have a really good one prepared.
“Oh,” her dad said. He sounded a little bit suspicious, but not too much. “Well, okay, but you get back here right now. You know Mam and I don’t like you running around after dark! Especially out in those fields, God knows what goes on out there at night—”MoreLess
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