As you approach your parents bedroom you hear your mother and father having a heated argument. You stand just out of sight listening to what they are arguing about.
Your mom is telling your father that she needs a break from all of her household chores.
“Mike I’m only asking that you help out around here a little. I spend all day cleaning, cooking and taking care of the kids,” Lynda complained.
“And what do you think I do all day? Just hang out at work? I’m tired when I get home and besides, I take care of everything outside,” Mike snapped back.
Lynda frowned, “Mike I’m not putting you down and denying that you don’t work, but I’m not exactly on a cake walk here either. It’s a lot of work keeping this house up.”
“Get the kids to help, they need to earn their keep,” Mike retorted.
“Mike, they do help and I appreciate them for it, but you wouldn’t know that. You seem to take no interest in the way I keep things going around here,” she answered.
“Well, if you want more acknowledgement on what you do, then, thanks for taking care of the household,” Mike said snidely as he continued getting ready for work.
“Your an ass! All I’m asking for is a little help with the daily chores in the house. Picking up after yourself, taking some dirty laundry to the washer, helping with the meals and clean up. That’s all,” Lynda said sadly.
“Well, we’ll see,” Mike said as he started to the kitchen.
You heard your father coming and quickly hurried down the hall so your parents wouldn’t know that you had been eavesdropping.
You ducked into your bedroom and watched your dad go past. After making sure he was out of sight, you slipped back down the hall to where your mom was. You stopped outside the door when you heard her gently sobbing. You trudged back down to the kitchen. You glanced over and saw the tin of mints and a thought came to your mind.
Copyright 2000 - 2024 21 x 20 Media All rights reserved. This site is property of 21 x 20 Media
All Writing.Com images are copyrighted and may not be copied / modified in any way. All other brand names & trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
Generated in 0.14 seconds at 1:26am on Nov 25, 2024 via server WEBX1.
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
More by this author