The sad unexpected phone call

Submitted into Contest #30 in response to: Write a story about someone who receives an unexpected phone call.... view prompt

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hi my name is Jessica I'm going to be writing you a story today about a person who received the strange phone call.

Once upon there was a little boy who live with his mother and father one day he set off to school. And his father set off to work.His mother was home doing her daily chores she was cooking and cleaning for when the little boy come home from school. And her husband came from work, She had got a phone call unexpected phone call that her husband had passed away. oh no uh oh, how was she going to tell her son this terrible news. Oh my what breaking news he had crashed on his way to his lunch break.he normally call his wife on his lunch break but he decided he was going to go out and get her a nice gift. She knew her son would come home and do his homework as his normally daily routine and then when he see his father have not come in he will begin to worry, and asked where was his father and there she goes how was she going to break this terrible news to her son. How would she come out and say that his father died I normally go and play baseball after he's done with his homework. But not today she has terrible news for her son. Sorry she began to prepare herself on how she was going to tell her son she made a nice dinner for him and she decided that she was going to sit him down there to table and talk to him about his school and then let him have it.oh how she knows she will need to be comfor, for her son will be drench with tears screaming hysterically my father ,my father what am I to do now when all my friends ask me where did my hero go. Who am I to play baseball game with. So now the boy had walked home from his school bus. he done came in and just threw his stuff all over the floor normally she'll scream at him !!. get that bag up boy you know way better than that. So then she just said to him come in here and wash your hands dinner is about ready. I'm going to fix you a plate we're not going to wait for Daddy today she try not to let the tears drip her face and fall down from her eyes maybe it's okay we just going to eat without him.. how was your day at School she began to briefly switch the topic. And then he just tries not to interrupt okay he says down at the dinner table so do you have any class work today yes mother. And she put the salad in the lasagna on this plate with the veggie steam nicely. With the smoke coming off of them .she sit down in a chair next to him she says, I need to talk to you about something, he looks puzzle and then ,she came out and say you didnt do anything wrong no honey it's nothing to do with your schooling it's about your father he looks at her she looks at him now he got this puzzle look in his eyes high-rise is glazing she's trying not to let the tears show well just eat up first and then we're going to talk after you're finished eating he was starved so he gobble his food down real fast she said oh you must not had a big lunch today. So she broke the news to him he just wiped his teary eyes and cried and cried and cried she said I know baby I know I'm hurt too by this ,I know you hurt what can I do to comfort you how can I... She came to a pause, so who play ball with me now ,who will teach me. who help me with my homework who answer my silly questions who do all the dad stuff with me now that he's not around. He looks slumped in the face kind of slope down in this chair crosses his legs. She said honey are you okay can I get you a cup of water. He said no thank , she said I'll leave you to yourself just for a little while and I'll be back she returns with cookies would you like a cookie no thanks, honey you need to eat something you shouldn't just think about that. So he asked to be excused and go up to his room she said yes just keep your door cracked I'll be checking on you from here on out as the Stars glistening from the sky. He went to his room and lay down he still couldn't believe that this was happening that this was all true that his father will not return his father won't be having dinner with them his father won't be around anymore what was he to do with itself. His mother then returned to his room she said let me tuck you and read you a bedtime story like you're a little boy again .Now I have to remember these moments cuz life is not promised to you the end.


February 23, 2020 09:56

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