I'm Old, Really

This morning I was finishing up …AND INJUSTICE FOR ALL when the phone in the rec room rang. I usually don't answer it, but the last time I did that it turned out to be the school letting me know that one of the kids I'm on the emergency call list for (Ellie) was sick and they couldn't reach her parents. So I figured this time I'd answer.

"Hello?"

"Hi," a cheery voice greeted me. "Is Mr. or Mrs. Rowland home?"

"Uh, no," I respond, my brain already flitting back to the short story. "Nobody's home ...