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“Are you almost here, honey?”

I rolled my tired blue eyes at my mom. Why was she calling me now?

“I told you the last time you called that I was on my way. I know exactly where I’m going, Mom, it’s not like I’m going to get lost.”

“But you aren’t here yet,” she said, with a hint of a whine in her voice.

I held back a sigh. “Mom, I’m not teleporting there. Just give me time, okay? I’m not even that far away.”

“Fine, then, but hurry up, okay? There’s still a lot left to do, and the wedding is really close.”

“You should know better than to do stuff last minute, Mom.”

“It’s not last minute, though! I’ve been working a lot on this, okay? All my friends are busy, too, so I’ve been doing it on my own. It’s a small event, anyway, so it’s not too big, but I could use the help.”

“Give me ten more minutes, and I’ll be there,” I said.

“Thank you, honey!”

Mom hung up, and I put my phone away. I called it a trip, but I was really just going from the area I lived in, to Mom’s house.

When I made the