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By Katie Hamilton
The door made a tiny click as
Sadie eased it shut. She crept
down the hall to her room, hardly
believing her good luck. She’d
actually made it back thirty minutes past curfew and her parents hadn’t found out. She was
silently cheering in her head as
she turned the corner to her room
when she suddenly jumped and
gave a little gasp.
“Sadie,” her father said from his
you’ll get these back.” He and
Sadie’s mother stood to go.
seat on her bed. “Do you know “You know we love you, sweetwhat time it is?”
heart,” her mother said. “We
only have these rules to protect
Sadie sighed and looked at her you.”
mother sitting next to him for
help, but her mom’s expres- “I know, mom,” Sadie said. “I’m
sion only mirrored her dad’s. sorry. I’ll try to do better.”
Resigned, knowing there was
no lie she could tell or argument “Thank you. Good night,” Sadie’s
she could make to get herself dad said. “We love you.”
out of this one, she said, “Yes,
sir. Ten-thirty.”
“Love you, too. Good night.”
Her dad held out his palm, and Now, wasn’t that nice? Wasn’t
she dropped her keys and cell that just a picture-perfect little
phone into it. “You know the scene of what all relationships
drill,” he said. “Two weeks and look like between parents and