Marcello's Mischief Part I

I remember the day like it was yesterday...

My uncle Joe was peacefully sleeping, when all of a sudden he woke up. The waking up and the sleeping were not the problem, but the hour was. It was 9:30, my uncle was late to work, but how did this happen?

Marcello, our esteemed, homegrown terrorist, took the batteries out of the alarm clock. Somewhere I could swear I can still see his giggling face..