Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Letting Go


Friday night and the family of four had just sat down to dinner.  The doorbell rang.  Beth, the sixteen year old, got up to answer the door.

“It’s probably Jane.  She was going to stop by.”  Beth said as she left the room.

She soon reappeared, along with a dark haired teenage girl dressed in black.

“Jane wants me to go a movie with her.  I’ll be home by midnight.”

“Now?  You haven’t eaten.”

“We’ll get something at the theater.”

The parents exchanged looks.  Beth had few friends.  What harm could there be in going to a movie?  They nodded.  

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