Going Home

Part 28

Later that night as they settled on the couch Grace grabbed the TV remote out of Josh’s hand before he could turn it on and holding it out of reach said “ok it’s later, now tell me what you meant by that remark about your mother?”

Sighing Josh leant back against the couch. “Nothing really, just that I caught her reaction as I hit the ground.”

“And?” Grace prompted after he was silent for a minute.

“And she looked relieved.” He said in a gruff tone.

Grace looked at him, puzzled. “Of course she was relieved you climbed five floors down the outside of a building on a rope. What mother wouldn’t be relieved when her son safely reached the ground?”

Looking at Grace, his gaze intense, he said “exactly.”

“Ah” she said as she got his meaning. His mother’s reaction had given him a tangible demonstration of how she felt about him. She was happy for him and wrapping her arms around him, she kissed him.

Moving back she ran her hand down his face, her touch tender. She said “so did Margaret want something specific today?”

Sighing again Josh looked grim as he said “yeah she wants us to pay them a visit at the farm to see my dad.”

“Oh, okay and what did you say?”

Putting his hands behind his head Josh frowned “that I’d think about it.”