Mad Flashes by Loucks Lindsey

Author:Loucks, Lindsey [Loucks, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lindsey R. Loucks
Published: 2013-12-20T08:00:00+00:00

MAKE A WISH

My daughter lit the candles, all sixty-seven of them. She, my two sons, and my four grandchildren were all crowded around the kitchen table, watching. Flames danced shadows across their faces and lit up their brief smiles that didn’t touch their eyes.

“Where’s your fire extinguisher, Mom?” Rodney asked with a wink.

I snorted.

Beth shot him a look and waved out the final match. “Okay, Mom. Make a wish.”

My gaze shifted to the empty chair on my right. He’d always been on my right. My right-hand man.

Beth choked back a sob. Her daughter tucked a small hand inside her mother’s and squeezed.

I’d held his hand up to the very end. His sunned skin had looked bleached because of all the chemicals the doctors were pumping into him. The strength in his grip had weakened, so I clutched his hand to offer him the last of mine. But it wasn’t enough.

The candlelight shone on Eli’s tears and tracked them down his cheeks. He stood tall and rigid, just like his father.

We’d married young, his father and I, but one look at that slow, playful grin had sold me forever.With all my heart, I wished for my best friend to come back to me. I took a shaky breath and blew the candles out.

Smoke curled across the slant of moonlight up to the ceiling. No one made a move to turn on the lights right away. We just sat there for a moment, in the darkness, wishing.

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