6:59 by Nonye Acholonu & Kelechi Acholonu

Author:Nonye Acholonu & Kelechi Acholonu [Acholonu, Nonye & Kelechi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2014-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

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I’d gotten home after 4:00 a.m., surprised to see that Mila and my dad were still up. They were sitting across from each other on the couch.

“What are you doing up still?” I asked them, feeling woozy from all the drinks I’d had. I wobbled over to them, trying to straighten myself out.

“We were just waiting up for you,” Dad said, rubbing his tired eyes. He set down his glass of wine. “Didn’t know you were going to come home drunk, though.”

Crap. “Um, yeahaboutthat,” I slurred, blinking quickly, trying to clear my blurry eyes. “Sorry?” I set a hand on the wall to keep my balance, waiting for Dad to start screaming and yelling like always.

But, surprisingly, he didn’t.

He laughed. “Well, you’re Cam,” he sighed. “You’re only up at night. As long as Cameron doesn’t wake up hung-over tomorrow, I guess I can’t be mad at you.”

“He won’t,” I responded quickly. “It’s something with our body chemistry and stuff.” I honestly had no idea why Cameron never seemed to wake up hung-over after my nightly escapades — but I wasn’t going to let Dad know that. Based on his nonchalant attitude towards my illegal activities, he clearly didn’t care about what I did with my life. Just as long as he had his precious Cameron intact every morning, there was no controlling me.

I liked that.

Dad nodded, shrugging his shoulders. “Okay, well, go to bed and we’ll see you tonight,” he said, shooing me away like he’d done earlier.

I grinned at him again, flinging my arms around him for the second time today. I was beginning to get used to this whole hugging thing.

Dad patted my back. “Don’t think you can do this every night.”

I shook my head and peeled myself away from him, wondering if he was talking about my getting drunk or my hugging him. I was too drunk to figure it out. As I slopped up the stairs, I heard Mila and Dad talking.

“—says I should be nice to both sides of Cameron. It’s not his fault he’s schizophrenic,” Dad said.

Mila agreed with him. “You’re doing a great job at it. Pretty soon he’ll be acting like the real Cameron.”

Dad snorted. “Doubt it.”

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