My Favourite Mistake

He was aware that I hate driving in the night and for me to make it to his party, I would have to go against my wishes which were a hard thing for me.Lateness is better than absence(2, Comparison).Those were his last words upon inviting me. The big day is finally here. I drove back home after class to pick up a few things before setting my destination to my friend's place by around 7 pm in the night. It did not take long before the traffic police pulled me over for overspeeding.I knew I was going to pay the price of overlooking traffic rules as a result of paying too much attention to the crucial conversation with dad scheduled for the night."Young man, why do you drive that fast? We don't have traffic rules?"(4, Questioning for effect)All I could say is that am sorry, but that wasn't enough.The traffic police asked me to hand over my license for verification before instructing me to prepare to face the long arm of the law. Immediately I told the police that I would not repeat such a...