Delilah

*A fairytale retelling of Little Red Riding Hood; cover is not my art, found it on Pinterest*

"Morning, Pa. Today's grandmother's birthday. I was thinking, I could close the bakery a little earlier, and gift her a couple loaves. Maybe bring her some herbs, too, and- "she pauses to think "Buy her a new book from the shop. I think she would like that. Don't you?" The image of her father stares back at her with his determined eyes and familiar expression, the one he usually had when he was soldierly. She could hear his voice in her mind, clear as if he was in the room with her currently, "she would love that."