Longest Light
"Lauren, I just don't like the idea of your going off for the night to celebrate a pagan holiday." "But Mom..." She only had to keep talking until Samantha showed up. "Don't 'But, Mom, ' me." "Mother," said Lauren, swallowing the "but." "You said that I could go. It's Samantha, for goodness sakes. The boys would laugh themselves silly if we chickened out now. They camp there all the turnings of the year. They do it on the winter solstice." "It's still awfully cold up...