All goes quiet when there’s a rap at the door and Mother goes to get it. It’s the postman! We wait with bated breath as Mother’s eyes run through the paper.
“Father’s coming home!” she says.
Music bursts out of our mouths and we sing for joy.
This is my entry for week 23 of the ZapFic Monday contest. The contest entails writing a story with 240 characters or less. Click here to learn more about it.