Night
settles as I pad down the stairs to my bed. Kids are snoring. Parents
are reading between the sheets or in the bath. All is well.
I rest my gaze on the front door and listen. The car glides to a stop. Footsteps steal across the porch.
The lock turns.
I rise to greet the other one in silence as she taught me. She scratches my ears and drops a treat before she slips into the crawlspace.
And all are present. All is well. I stretch and fall asleep.
I rest my gaze on the front door and listen. The car glides to a stop. Footsteps steal across the porch.
The lock turns.
I rise to greet the other one in silence as she taught me. She scratches my ears and drops a treat before she slips into the crawlspace.
And all are present. All is well. I stretch and fall asleep.
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