Ticket

Today, I had to work from 11am-11pm. I dropped Emelda off at school and headed into work. It was a steady day at work. Around 6pm, I heard my name being paged overhead for a phone call. I approached the desk and greeted with my usual, "Hi this is Heather. How may I help you". I could hear on the other end, the voice of my daughter, Emelda. However, it was not the typical upbeat voice. The tone in Emelda's voice was "I have bad news". "Mommy, I have to tell you something". "ok, honey", I replied Instictively, I knew Emelda got a ticket and she was calling to tell me. "Well, you see mommy, I wasn't pinching the boy".