Today's writing assignment is to write a scene in which dialogue of two or more characters moves the story forward in a distinct fashion. The author gives us a suggestion, but I choice to continue an earlier story (See Day #2).
Just then the telephone rang. “Hello, this is Christopher”, he answered.
“Hi, Chris this is your sister. Could you come home for a few days? Mom needs our help and support. Dad just died.”
“What do you mean just died. I didn’t even know he was sick. Was it a heart attack?”
“Well yes and no, his years of drinking weakened his heart and the doctor thinks it just quit working. Can you come home?”
Chris stood there holding the phone to his ear as his mind whirled. There was no love lost between him and his father, but yet he was his father. Chris also knew that his mother would need both him and his sister to support her emotionally through this time. Chris never really understood why but his mother still loved his dad in spite of all the hell the old man put her through.
“Sure, I’ll catch a flight out first thing tomorrow morning. Is there anything else you need from me now?”
“No, just come home.” With that his sister hung up and Chris stood there in his richly appointed living room with his mind racing.
As he sat back down on the living room sofa he tried to bring to mind an image of his father the last time he had seen him. Unbelievably he could not. All that would come to mind was his father’s angry red face the night that Chris had refused to give him the money he had earned mowing lawns.
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