Odie waddled down the staircase with her eyes still half lidded shut.
Two full days of reading and she still was not fully caught up on her family's lore.
It was, more than likely, one of her worst decisions to date because she already knew what it would do to her energy tomorrow.
She pondered the possibility of her staying home and catching up on her missed sleep before immediately dismissing the idea.
Odie liked school, but even if she didn't, going was never a choice for her.
Lailah / Ayaana were real sticklers about education. Just shy of getting cancer or having one of her limbs chopped off, there was almost nothing that Odie could do to convince her mothers to let her stay home tomorrow.
Odie drifted around the house like a ghost. She was so tired that she hadn't even realized that she wasn't waking.
Her shadow had formed a large, monstrous hand and carried her through the house.
