TommoToget

Hungry and drained of strength, I went into the warmth of the house where the little girl – my little girl now, I reminded myself gleefully – waited. As soon as I opened the door she threw herself into my arms. "Mommy! I was so scared. Did you find anything out there?" She asked, looking up at me with big, round eyes the colour of a summer-blue sky. "Of course not, my sweet. Now, go back to bed and I'll tell you a story," I said. She ran obediently over to a door on the opposite side of the living room and I followed. Inside the cramped room was a small bed and beside it, a nightstand with a lantern on top. I lit the lantern an

Hungry and drained of strength, I went into the warmth of the house where the little girl – my little girl now, I reminded myself gleefully – waited. As soon as I opened the door she threw herself into my arms. "Mommy! I was so scared. Did you find anything out there?" She asked, looking up at me with big, round eyes the colour of a summer-blue sky. "Of course not, my sweet. Now, go back to bed and I'll tell you a story," I said. She ran obediently over to a door on the opposite side of the living room and I followed. Inside the cramped room was a small bed and beside it, a nightstand with a lantern on top. I lit the lantern an