12-25-2021, 06:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-25-2021, 06:11 PM by Joseph Blacke.)
[CW: swearing]
Joe's cheek still stung from the strike of his mother's palm. He braced himself for another and words about disgracing good, hardworking, decent folk - a woman's panicked shriek tore across the evening air.
Shite! Where was Pearl? she had stepped away a moment ago. Joe's eye's went wide as he looked to his parents for answer. Finding none, he bolted for the front step.
Joe's cheek still stung from the strike of his mother's palm. He braced himself for another and words about disgracing good, hardworking, decent folk - a woman's panicked shriek tore across the evening air.
Shite! Where was Pearl? she had stepped away a moment ago. Joe's eye's went wide as he looked to his parents for answer. Finding none, he bolted for the front step.