Motun woke up to the shrill sound of her phone. Who was it this early morning?

"Pick that thing or drop it."

Steve protested grumpily.

She chuckled. "Sorry, babe."

To the person on the other end of the line, she said, "You guys don't sleep in your house? Why are you up so early in the morning. Do you realize--"

"--Shut up. It's 7am, lazy fool. Why aren't you up? Who is prepping the kids for school?"

"Amanda is. I should go check on them, though. T.J. can be a naughty boy when he wants to. Hold on a sec, J.K. let me connect my phone to the pods."

"Sure."...