Starving
It began immediately. Emma was overjoyed when she saw her son after her first day back at work. Just a minute later, Matthew stepped through the door, and Mason complained of hunger for the first time.
“Is there anything to eat, Mommy?” he asked with wide eyes and chapped lips, looking like he spent the entire day fighting on some sort of unknown front line. Emma and Matthew didn’t give it much thought. The mom hurried to the fridge and made a sandwich for the boy.
They prepared dinner as soon as Lilian left, but that night, something truly strange happened.