Chapter 3

Mrs. Camden then went downstairs to start dinner. She knew that the rest of the kids would be home soon and would be hungry. About a half an hour later, the kids came running through the door.

"When is dinner going to be ready?" Lucy asked.

"In a little while" Mrs. Camden replied.

"Where's Mary?" asked Matt, "she was not at school when I came to pick up the kids."

"She got sick at school so, I came and picked her up," Mrs. Camden told Matt.

"Is she okay?" Matt asked his mother.

"Yeah, she's fine, she just has a slight fever," Mrs. Camden replied.

Matt decided to go upstairs and do his homework until dinner was ready. Meanwhile, Lucy also was in her room doing her homework, making sure that she did not wake up Mary who was sleeping peacefully. Mrs. Camden was downstairs when Reverend Camden walked through the door.

"How's Mary?" Reverend Camden asked his wife.

"She's fine, she just has a slight fever," said Mrs. Camden.

"Okay," said Reverend Camden. With that, Mrs. Camden went back to making dinner. Once she was done, she called the kids down.

"Simon, Ruthie, Lucy, Matt, dinner's ready!" Mrs. Camden called up the stairs. A few minutes later, all the kids entered the kitchen.

"Lucy, can you go wake up Mary and tell her that dinner's ready?" Mrs. Camden asked Lucy.

"Sure, Mom," replied Lucy. With that, Lucy headed upstairs towards the room that she and Mary shared.

She quietly opened the door and walked over to the bed where Mary was sleeping.

"Mary, Mary, wake up," Lucy said trying to wake her sister. Finally, after a few moments, Mary began to wake up.

"What?" Mary asked sheepishly.

"Get up, it's time for dinner," Lucy replied.

"Okay," Mary responded. Lucy then went downstairs to join the others.

A few minutes later, Mary entered the kitchen to join the others for dinner. All through dinner, Mary didn't eat much. She was not that hungry.

"Are you okay?" Mrs. Camden asked Mary.

"Yeah, I am just not that hungry, may I be excused?" Mary asked her mother.

"Sure, honey," Mrs. Camden replied. With that, Mary excused herself from the table and headed upstairs to her room. Meanwhile, everyone else was starting to get worried about Mary; she wasn't eating, had a fever, and was throwing up.

"Mom, what do you think is wrong with Mary?" Simon asked.

"I don't know," replied Mrs. Camden.

"What do you think is wrong with Mary?" Reverend Camden asked his wife after dinner.

"I don't know, maybe it's the flu," Mrs. Camden replied.

"Maybe," commented Reverend Camden.

"Well, I am going to make an appointment for Mary tomorrow after school," said Mrs. Camden, "just to be safe." With that, Mrs. Camden went to the phone and dialed the number to their family doctor.

"Hello, Doctor Jacobs, this is Annie Camden and I would like to schedule an appointment for my daughter, Mary Camden after school tomorrow, if that would be possible," said Mrs. Camden.

"I have an opening at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon," Doctor Jacobs told Mrs. Camden.

"Great, thank you," Mrs. Camden said. Once she had hung up the phone, she turned to her husband, "Mary has an appointment at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon," Mrs. Camden told him.

"Good," he replied.

"Mary!" Mrs. Camden yelled up the stairs. Mary was upstairs taking a nap again, and Lucy was finishing her homework. She heard her mom call for Mary and decided that she would go see what she wanted since Mary was sleeping.

"Mom, what did you want to tell Mary?" Lucy asked once she reached the kitchen.

"Where is she?" Mrs. Camden asked Lucy.

"She is upstairs taking a nap," Lucy replied.

"Well, when she wakes up, tell her that she has a doctors appointment at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon, and that I will pick her up from school," Mrs. Camden told Lucy.

"Okay," Lucy replied and then headed back upstairs to finish the rest of her homework.