100 Ways to Say 'I Love You' | Mileven 💕✅

83. Stay there. I'm coming to get you

83. Stay there. I'm coming to get you.

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There was a loud rumble of thunder, a huge flash of lightning, and two loud screams of shock and fright.

Mike looked out of the kitchen window and then looked at the clock on the oven. 7.30 pm, El should have been home by now.

Two sets of feet ran down the stairs, announcing the arrival of his scared children. "Daddy, where's mommy?" 5-year-old, Leia Maxine Wheeler asked a slight lisp to her speak (she only recently lost her two middle teeth, which she showed proudly to anyone. Anyone!) Her 3-year-old little brother Luke James Wheeler, nodding at her side.

Then the phone rang.

"Hello?" Mike answered the phone, hearing the sobs of his wife - the mother of his two children. "El, honey? What's wrong?" Mike had always known that El was scared of thunderstorms, he was so lucky to have taken her out of the thunder when they met in 1983.

"Mike, I'm still at the school..." she trailed off, Mike knew that Dustin was on paternity leave with his newborn baby, as El works at Hawkins Middle and Dustin at Hawkins High - Dustin usually gave El lift to and from work.

"Stay there. I'm coming to get you," Mike promises, with El's acceptance and the promise she will stay in her office - Mike hung up the phone.

Their two kids looked up at their dad, wondering what he was going to do. If he left them home, he'd never forgive himself nor would his family. But, it would take ages to get the kids in their coats, shoes and car seat before he went for El - and she was currently terrified.

"Quick, coats, shoes. We're bringing mommy home!"