War of the Eagles (1998)
““Mom! Naani! I’m home!” I bellowed as I pushed in through the front door. The screen slammed shut behind me, acting as a noisy punctuation mark for my entrance.
“You’s yelling too loud to get my attention,” Naani said as she came out of the kitchen, “and not nearly loud enough if you want your mother to hear you.”
“She isn’t here? Where is she?”
“The camp. Couldn’t come home. The other cook just up and quit so she has to stay until they can get somebody else. A soldier come over, banging on all... the houses ‘til he found me.” She paused. “You look like your dog just got shot,” she joked as she read the disappointment in my face.
“Maybe this’ll cheer you up,” she said as she pulled a letter out of her apron pocket. “Joe just delivered it. It’s from your father.”
“AAAHHH!” I screamed. I slumped into the old weathered couch by the door.
“What’s wrong? I thought this would make you happy.”
“Don’t you remember? Mom and me made a deal we’d only open Dad’s letters when we were together.”MoreLess
“You’s yelling too loud to get my attention,” Naani said as she came out of the kitchen, “and not nearly loud enough if you want your mother to hear you.”
“She isn’t here? Where is she?”
“The camp. Couldn’t come home. The other cook just up and quit so she has to stay until they can get somebody else. A soldier come over, banging on all... the houses ‘til he found me.” She paused. “You look like your dog just got shot,” she joked as she read the disappointment in my face.
“Maybe this’ll cheer you up,” she said as she pulled a letter out of her apron pocket. “Joe just delivered it. It’s from your father.”
“AAAHHH!” I screamed. I slumped into the old weathered couch by the door.
“What’s wrong? I thought this would make you happy.”
“Don’t you remember? Mom and me made a deal we’d only open Dad’s letters when we were together.”MoreLess
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