IT WAS MIDNIGHT when my cell phone rang and when I looked at who was calling I frowned. Mom called. What's wrong with her and she called while they were just in the other room. Since I had no plans to get up I answered the call even though I was still a little drowsy.

"Why?" I have no appetite for questions.

"We are in the hospital because we took Janel and her fever didn't go down."

“Huh! How is she? ” What I heard made me get up.

“She is OK, she is resting. We didn't just wake you up because we thought we could come home too. But...