It was going to be a crummy summer. The last three years I had been at summer camp, but this year my twelve year old sister was sent instead of me.
Ma’s logic was beyond any arguments I could throw at her. She worked nights at Highland Park Hospital, and figured that at age fifteen, I was old enough to stay alone at night.
Our next door neighbor, Old Lady Selina, was finally taking her long dreamed of trip back to visit Greece and her family. She had always kept Joanne when Ma switched over to summer night shift for the extra pay, so that’s how come Joanne went to camp and I stayed home.