Sisterly

"Where on earth have you been?" Repeated the familiar voice. Anne stopped at her tracks at the first instance and stared wide-eyed at Grace who had an expression of worry mixed with anger.

She had begun to call Anne, the moment she returned home, and found Anne not at home still.

If Anne was working a double shift, she would have called. Her worry hiked when all her calls went straight to voicemail. That hadn't stopped her from calling though, but the results were the same - straight to voicemail.

She had called Lila at about 7:30pm and when Lila informed her of Anne's departure from the restaurant long before, her worry had climaxed.Now as she looked at Anne, standing in the room, hale and hearty, she couldn't help but feel relieved.

"It totally escaped my mind to call. I'm sorry". Anne apologized. It was currently 09:43pm, over four hours after the end of her shift.