By Sunday morning, the wheelchair lift magically worked again! “Maybe something was shorted.” was Amber"s quick and easy answer. Whatever the reason, it was now possible for Paulette to come downstairs, cleaned and dressed in fresh clothes to wait for Father"s return.
There was no point in wishing as it wouldn"t come true. Although Amber would have wanted her husband to return home in the morning—hours before dinner—Michael was scheduled to return home in the late afternoon. Surely this would mean a quick greeting and brief peck to Amber"s lips before visiting a moment with Paulette and Trista. Then he would ask of what"s for dinner. Upon hearing the answer he would announce going down into the cellar for a bottle of wine. Amber once tried pulling a bottle of wine from the cellar before M
