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Weekly Contest #311
The night was warm and humid. The old air conditioning unit was loud and clanging inconsistently, threatening to fail during the hottest month of the year. My wife had already gone to sleep and my son was not home. I had now tried to put my daughter to bed three times but she would not sleep. The days were long and the world was too new and exciting. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and asked her if a story would help her to go to sleep. She agreed to close her eyes and try if I told her one. So I led Alyssa through the pink door of her bedroo...
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