"Honey-buns, I'm leaving into town for a while! I'll be back at eleven maybe?" The door squeaked open and slammed after she yelled out a couple love words into the air then vanished. If being the best single mom award was a thing it'd definitely go to her.
We watch as she settles down in her car and drives off down the snowy road, we frown like a couple of sad toddlers who just watched their parents drop them off on the door steps of an orphanage.
I turn and slant my head to the side, gawking into Osamu's side profile until he gawked into my eyes in return. "What now?" Then we just shrug in shared boredom.
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