tww100 Challenge #38: Use a Crowded House song title as your drabble title
tww100 Challenge #38: Use a Crowded House song title as your drabble title
It felt like they'd had this conversation a hundred times.
"I can't help it," he'd say. "He still needs me here." She always said she understood, but her disappointment was palpable. He came over whenever he could find the time. But she wanted it to feel like more than just somewhere to sleep for 9 months. Until next summer, this was her home.
And it didn't feel like home without him there.
She picked up the phone and dialed. "Yeah, it's me." She waited. "Daddy? It's midnight. Send Charlie home."
It felt like they'd had this conversation a hundred times.