I'm No Heroine
We were happy.
One evening, on a rainy cold Saturday, Mom made it home from a grocery shop. My Dad just got his pay enough to fill our needs for the rest of the month. I was at the dining room, placing the plates on the table as Mom cooked in the kitchen when a knock came at the door; three times. It was not the familiar thud like when the newspaper boy throws the roll of the newspaper every morning, nor the rapid knocks followed by a voice yelling ‘milk!’ every Monday. They were slow, with almost two seconds interval between the knocks, and for the whole four months of living in the town of Sidburg, they were the first unknown three knocks that we received.
I remember my Dad exchanged glanc
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