“Mike, Mike... darling, please come down.”
“Okay Mom,” he replied absently, bending a little further over his Ipad. He wanted to finish the chapter he'd started before going down for dinner.
“Mike!”
He sighed, bookmarked the paragraph, and put the Ipad on the bedside table. He wished he could finish the chapter. He really didn't enjoy all the parties that his parents threw. But he had to be there; and listen to all the boring, pointless gossip that was passed around. He slid out of the com