Mom and Dad split for a short vacation, leaving me to stay with my grandmother. That was no big deal; I had stayed with her a number of times, and really enjoyed her company. She always fixed me a nice breakfast early in the morning and wake me up. There wasn’t much to do — school was out for the summer, and neither one of us had any great plans for the summer. We did, however, like to stay up late at night and watch movies on the television. Sometimes, we would go rent a movie or
