Still Waters
A knock at the door, followed by a chiming doorbell let me know that either family or a close friend was here. It was late Sunday afternoon, and I couldn’t remember making plans with someone as I tried to guess who was there.
I opened the door, surprised see my mom there.
“Hey Mom.” I opened the door further for her.
“Nan!” Alezmé stopped twirling around in circles, dancing and ran to the door to give her a squeezy hug.
“You have a date!” Cythia proclaimed. She then strode in elegantly and beamed at me.
“I do?” I honestly asked.
“Yes dear.”
“Date. What date?” I repeated.
“Abe is meeting you soon.”
“Oh?” I half smiled, suddenly feeling excited, but intensely curious. “And…he asked you to come here to look after Alezmé?”
“Yes of course.” Cythia smiled back, looking mo
