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The day started out like any other. The twins were outside, making messes, Marnie was trying to clean away stains, and Bennie only wanted to sleep in. Marnie got him up, and asked him to go to the grocery store, that she had a list. She expected him back in an hour or two at the most.
However, the kids had gotten home from school, and he still wasn't home. With a sigh, she made the last of the mac n cheese they had in the house, and hope that would cover the kids for the evening. Myles got the last of his focused homework times done, and Jaz tried to show off by finishing hers faster. Nobody even noticed.
Noticing the worry lines on his mother's face, Benji, instead of going out like he'd intended, helped with some of the clean-up, while Marnie yelled at the twins for making a disaster on the front "porch".
Much later, after helping get the twins to bed, Benji called his girlfriend to tell her goodnight, then did what his dad usually did - mouse patrol. (Placing traps in all the holes for the night.) Then, sadly, he helped get everyone else into bed, hoping to wake up to his Dad being back home.
Everyone was in bed. The little bit of mac n cheese that was leftover was in the fridge in case the twins woke up hungry.. and Marnie was still pacing around the house.
Finally, feeling the exhaustion taking over, Marnie put her head in her hands and almost cried. What would she do if he didn't come home? How would she take care of her kids? Sighing, she took one last forlorn look out the door and the windows, put the Murphy bed down and climbed into bed.
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I wasn't sure he'd come home! I thought he might take the grocery money and run!
True. wouldn't that be a disaster!