Short Stories

Unexpected Guests

I had just returned home from a busy day of work. I anticipated the cool air conditioning waiting for me inside. I opened the door and dropped my stuff on the coffee table, to be greeted by my two daughters cuddled around my husband.

I became immediately on edge.

Honestly, I didn't know what to be more confronted about;

The fact that my deceased husband and children were in my living room,
Or that somebody had broken in and put them there...