I walked up to the front porch of my home as I took a deep breath and let out a long sigh; it felt good coming back.
Even though it had been just months, it seemed like an eternity had passed. I took a slow 360 degree glance of my neighbourhood as the sun of late fall started giving signs of bidding adieu for the day and the people from my neighbourhood came out to go cycling. Miss Glynne from next door came out shortly after for her evening walk and waved at my parents as she left. The usual.
“Summer, honey, take your bags and settle in while we help Elijah.” Mamma commanded, not at all looking at me and continuing to help him.
Elijah gave me an apologetic smile as he said, “Oh it’s okay Mrs. Hayes. My bags are not as heavy as Summer’s. Please help her instead.”
“First of all, you can
