Richard plans to spend his eightieth birthday with his daughter, but she knocks on the door in tears and tells him to go. After peeking through her front windows, Richard realizes there is trouble and that he is right.
While driving, Richard nervously tapped the steering wheel with his fingers. After his wife’s funeral four years ago, Deidre stopped driving down every Thanksgiving.
There were now just weekly calls.
When Deidre entered the doorway, Richard extended his arms in a wide range.
Surprise! ” He screamed, ” Dad?
Where are you going with this? ” She asked, her eyes welling up with tears.
“I came to celebrate with you my birthday.
.
. it’s the big eight-o!
” Richard responded, but his enthusiasm quickly faded. Honey, what’s going on?
“It’s nothing; Why are you crying?
” Deidre quickly wiped away her tears and smiled.
“Everything is fine. I simply.
. .
didn’t anticipate you, and this is not a particularly pleasant time.
Dad, I’m sorry, but I need to concentrate.
about my work. I’ll call you, look.
Okay, we’ll have dinner later. Sorry.
Richard was hurt and lost when Deidre shut the door.
There was a serious problem.
Did Deidre have a problem? Richard retreated from the front door but remained there.
He sneaked up and peeked through the windows after stepping over the short, flowering shrubs that lined the path. Deidre and two rough-looking men were in the living room.
Who were they?
In a rough voice, one of them asked.
Deidre lied in a shaky voice, “Nobody. ” Just a neighbor’s child, playing pranks on the doorbell and fleeing.
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