The presence we all miss silently
"Em, hello,isn't that your son", an old lady in an orange dress taps Amilia,and says" she's talking to you " , Amilia ,suddenly confuse, apologises, and asked the woman to repeat herself and just as she asked she saw Ben, playing with mud, "noo, Ben, don't..., come here" , she says with a tired and worried expression, while the little six year old Ben runs to his mum, saying, "mummy, I saw a wormm" he smiles brightly but all Amilia could notice at the time being was the dirty on his shirt, which she was trying to clean, "did you get it", the old lady asked, "no, mummy called me" he keeps a sad face, Amilia noticed this and said " hey, don't worry, mummy is gonna make it up to you, promise", she prints out her pinky finger and so does Ben, "promise ", he smiles," now, where your sister, you were suppose to be with her", Amilia asked Ben, smiling at him, "she's at the safety park for kid, I'm big, so, I used the bigger one" Ben said, trying to look all big and strong, "okay" Amilia said trying not to laugh, " mummy, let's go get pepper, I told her I would be back", Ben says dragging his mum from the bench she sat on, and he waved to the old lady, later on that day they had reached the house, and Ben was already keeping the table mates on the dining,"mummy, what are we having for dinner, my tummy, sounds funny" Ben says going to get the glass cups..., "oh dear, spaghetti and meatball" and just as she's about to drop the dished food on the dining, glass shatter, she turns immediately , drop the plates hurriedly to Ben, and carries him keeping him on a chair, with a worried expression," are you okay where does it hurt, remember, I said don't touch the glas, don't okay, it'll break my heart if your injured" she keeps on checking him,"I'm fine mummy" Ben says smiling to his mother, giving her an assuring look, and as she smiles back, they suddenly hear sounds of pepper running towards her mother, saying "mummy, I'm hungue" , Amilia runs in time to stop her from getting hurt , Amilia feels pain under her foot, knowing she stepped on glass, Ben noticed this and was quite through out the entire meal , he couldn't finish his food and goes to his room, Amilia sees this and understands, so she goes upstair to comfort Ben.