Hey, kids, we left you a couple hundred bucks in the den for you to eat this week. Try not to burn the house down while we’re gone. Remember to call your grandma on her birthday on Wednesday. We’ll see you in a week! Love you!
Mom and Dad
I grabbed a Gatorade from the fridge as I looked over the note scribbled in my mom’s neat handwriting. A whole week with the house to myself. Well, almost to myself. I had to share it with my sister, but we generally stayed out of each other’s way.
I was just staying at home for the summer after finishing up my junior year of college, and Delaney had just graduated high school a few weeks ago, so mom and dad really didn’t have a problem letting us have the house to ourselves while they were on their trip to Europe.
My plan was simple: drink and play video games. I didn’t really have a lot of things I was doing this early in the summer, and it was time for me to relax and enjoy the finer things in life. Delaney, on the other hand, seemed to be planning something.