Mysterious Man

“The bus is here, sweetie. Aren’t you ready yet?” Liz called from the bottom of the stairs. She had a ton of chores to do afterwards but she didn’t want to think about them at the moment.

“One sec!” Anna, her daughter replied, running down the stairs with a flyer in her hand. “Good morning, Mom.”

“Morning, baby. Trust you had a good night?”

They embraced, Liz running her fingers into her daughter’s auburn corkscrew curls. She still could not believe she had ever thought to doing away with her precious gift. Shane may have ruined her life when he abandoned her to raise their daughter alone but he had given her someone to love as well.

The bus honked outside again and broke through her trip down memory lane.

“I did. I also did all my homework while I was waiting for you at May’s house. I forgot to give you this though.”

She transferred the flyer to her mother and waited in anticipation. Liz sat on a kitchen stool, skimming through the many details on the rectangular piece of pape