Ready or Not
Andrew Luchies"Dad… I want to play with you!" Standing next to his bed; he rolls toward me, grumbling something I can't hear.
"Daddy, I want to play! Please! You’re always sleeping or working." Shaking him, he sits up looking scared like he had a nightmare. He looks at me not saying anything. He doesn't move.
He just stares, at me. I’m worried he is mad at me; I try to get him to say something, anything.
"Can we play hide-and-seek?” I smile, “You hide first!" He keeps staring at me, like he doesn’t understand.
"I'll count.” I bury my head in the blankets, he jumps off the other side of the bed.
"One, two, three," He runs down the hall. I smile, peek, and see where he is going, “Four, five…" I look down the hall, he is running toward the basement. I follow, trying to be s
