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Weekly Contest #226
I sat on the couch and waited for the family to arrive. I could hardly watch the television my anxiety was so high. Every time a car went down the road I was peeking out the window. Every time I thought I heard something, it made me jump in my seat. Not that I wasn’t looking forward to them coming, but because something always seemed to happen every year at thanksgiving. My Mom had worked very hard for my aunt, uncle and cousins every year, but not this year. She just seemed to sit and stare on her phone in the kitchen while my dad was blu...
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