As soon as I showed up on her radar, she scooted down the driveway to meet me. “What was that all about? You got kept after school? You didn’t even call and I was scared half to death.” “Grandma, will you please give me a little credit for being almost old enough to vote?” Actually, it was another whole year. She rushed me into the house and went on scolding. “And don’t give me any stories about how you were with Maddie. She called a while ago looking for you.” “She did?” “That’s what I said. Where were you, the ice cream parlor all this time? I tried them and got some grumpy old guy who didn’t know you. Musta been Frosty Dan himself.” “I have other things going on besides ice cream.” “You’d better call Maddie. I got her worried, too.” I stopped on my way upstairs. “You know what I need? A cell phone. I think I’m the only person on the whole planet who doesn’t have one.” “I doubt it. There’s gotta be people in the Third World.” “They have them even in Third World countries.
