Amie
The cookies were almost gone when my phone rang. I jumped as I had been waiting for it and was on edge. I picked it up and saw someone was calling on FaceTime. I looked at Finlay. He smiled and took my free hand. I answered and my heart did a double take when I saw my mom and dad. They were in my dad’s office, it looked just like it used to, back when I last had seen it. My mom was in my dad’s lap and it made me happy to see they still acted like newly mated. They looked a little older. My mom had fine lines around her eyes and my dad had some grey strands in his hair.
“Armeria.” It sounded like a breath that escaped from my mom.
“Hi mom. Hi dad,” I said. I felt myself tear up, and Finlay squeezed my hand.
“Hi, pumpkin. You have grown up,” my dad said. I smiled despite the tears i
