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Topic: Police (10/12/06)
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TITLE: Police Wife | Previous Challenge Entry
By william price
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Before he left for the store, her husband gave her a kiss on the cheek and said he would be back soon.
“I love you,” she whispered as she watched him drive away in his car. The fifty-five-year-old wife, mother and grandmother then shifted her gaze to his parked patrol car. She took another sip of coffee and smiled.
Thank you, God, for weekends.
She was watching two redbirds in the garden when her cell phone rang.
“Hello?”
“You’re never far away from that phone are you, mom?”
“Hey, sweetie, it’s good to hear your voice.”
“What are you and dad doing today?”
“Not too much. What’s up?”
“Just wondering if the boys and I can come over?”
“Sounds great, I’ll give your dad a call and tell him to bring more steaks home. Where’s Kole today?”
“Working. He’s not a big shot like dad with weekends off. Steaks sound great. And, mom, what’s the Word today?”
“The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
“Psalms 121:8, right?”
“Good girl, Rachel.”
“Wasn’t hard to remember, mom. It’s been the same Word all week.”
“Haven’t felt like changing it. When are you coming over?”
“In about an hour.”
“Okay, we’ll see you then. Give the boys a kiss.”
As soon as she was done talking to her daughter, the phone rang again.
Her Saturday smile disappeared.
“Okay, dear. You be careful. Isn’t that in Kole’s zone? Are you sure you don’t need your other car? Okay then, and hey, on your way back from this little situation, do you think you could pick up a couple more steaks? Rachel and the boys will be over. Love you too. See you later.”
She looked again for the redbirds, but they had left. She closed her eyes in silent prayer.
The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
One hour later, Rachel and the kids arrived. Two hours later, the boys were getting hungry. Three hours later, Marilyn was cooking grilled cheese sandwiches. Five hours later, the boys were lying on the living room floor watching cartoons while mother and daughter were drinking tea on the deck.
“Do you think we should call them, mom?”
“No I don’t, sweetie, we wouldn’t want to distract them.”
“Let’s call dispatch then.”
“Rachel, we can’t bother them either.”
“How about the scanner, mom?”
“Rachel, dear, I’ve been at this thirty-five years. God’s with them and He’s right here with us.”
“Okay, Mom. Hey, what’s the Word?”
“The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
“Don’t you think we should change it?”
“Nope.”
Two hours after tea, the kids were napping while mother and daughter were watching a redecorating show on television.
“I like that color, don’t you, mom?”
Marilyn was just about to answer when she heard a car pull up in the driveway. The unfamiliar sound gave her a slight chill.
“Is that dad, mom?”
“Doesn’t sound like his car, sweetie.”
“I’m gonna look.”
Marilyn watched her daughter look out the living room window down to the driveway.
“I can’t tell, Mom. All I can see is the back end of a patrol car.”
Marilyn took a deep breath and began to fight back a tear.
“Hey, here comes dad, mom. He’s pulling in too. That’s Kole’s car down there. There both in the driveway. Let’s go see them.”
Rachel’s smile quickly swallowed the tear from her eye.
“No, sweetie, just wait here. They’ll be up in a minute.”
In a few moments the front door opened and in walked the two husbands. Rachel immediately jumped up and ran into Kole’s arms. Marilyn just looked up into the eyes of her man. She saw him smile and her heart skipped a beat. She then noticed the bandages on his arm and was going to speak, but she saw him shake his head.
“Nothing to worry about, honey, it’s just a scratch.”
“Well what happened that took all day,” Rachel asked?
When Marilyn saw the officers’ eyes meet in silent communication she knew they didn‘t need to talk about it then.
“Well, did you remember the steaks,” interrupted Marilyn as she stood up?
“No, but we ordered pizza.”
“Pizza sounds great, dear. I always love pizza.”
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Some really good writing here! Great impact and a good message so well weaved together.
I wonder if the first sentence should have a past tense verb?
I think this would be a great piece for a police chaplin to share with police spouses. It's very, very good.
A well-deserved placing - I too was holding my breath without realizing it! Masterful in every way!