"Why do I have to take Mom?" Zoe said.
"I'll take her next time, dear," Jon said.
"But..." she had a funny look on her face. "You just called me dear." They'd better figure this out before things got worse.
Zoe headed into her room and gently pulled the covers off of her mother. "Sweetheart, we have a bit of a problem," she said. "Could you wake up and join us, please?"
