Chapter 76. You Cheat!

"I am going to school, mummy! Woohoo! I am going to school, I am going to school! " Emma had jumped in Marissa's bed that morning, bouncing the bed. Marissa tried to turn over and cover her head with the pillow. He ran to the other side of the bed and shouted, "Mummy! Get up! I will be late for school. I am not supposed to be late for school today, mummy! Today is the first day! Mummy! Mummy!"

Marissa had no choice but to roll over, open her eyes, and peer at Archer's bedside clock through bleary eyes. "Huh, Emmanuel Maduka, what says the time, eh?"

"Eerm" Emma turned to the wall clock, concentrating very hard as he tried to figure it out. "Long hand is on 7, mummy, and shorthand is between 4 and 5, that means... That means... eerm, 5 minutes after four thirty, right, mummy, are you sleeping again? Mummy, we will be late!"

Oooh," Marissa grumbled as she sat up. " No, I am. not sleeping. You've already made that impossible. And no, it is not 5 minutes past 4:30 am, y