Short Stories

Waited

She waited by the phone waiting for that call. She waited then by the TV to see if there was any news. 

There was no post the next day, but she sat a chair against the mailbox waiting for a package, a letter, a scrap of news. 

She waited scrolling through old pictures on her phone. She waited there until her fingers went numb. 

She waited in different houses, surrounded by different people, hoping and waiting. 

But it never came. He never came and neither did she. The kids didn't either. 

Waiting but nothing happened. 

Waiting until there were people waiting, hoping, and waiting for a miracle. 

Waiting but there was nothing and nobody there anymore. Just an empty vessel on a stained hospital sheet.