Stephen somehow found a way to take more than the sixty seconds it would normally take him to walk the hundred yards or so from Michael's house, to home. He walked around back, thinking going in through the kitchen door might save him from seeing his parents right away. Luck wasn't with him.
Mom seemed bright and cheery, "Good morning, Stephen. How was your day yesterday? Sleep well? Did you have breakfast?"
Stephen waited a moment, "I was wondering if the barrage of questions would co