I came out of the bathroom and heard the landphone ringing. I wondered who was calling at this hour and picked up the phone and heard Beth asking me with concern, “Cassey are you all right, I have been calling you for the past half an hour but you did not pick up the phone, so I dialed the landline.”

I relented for making Beth worry, as I had slept in the bathtub and did not think about the time so, I apologized and said, “I am sorry Beth, I was just taking a shower. Is everything all right?’

Beth assured me that everything was fine and the cake had...