Sorry for the language Please forgive me.
Busy in his home office, Neil was preparing his coming press conference. Since his father announced his retirement, he had put more effort in his work. The silent room abruptly was interrupted by the screams of his twin young daughters.
“You’re wrong!” yelled Cassandra.
“You are, I am not!” Caroline insisted as they slammed open Neil’s office door and entered the room.
“Daddy, Caroline doesn’t believe me,” yelled Cassandra.
“Because I’m right, you’re wrong!” said Caroline.
Dragging his gaze from his desk Neil asked. “Right about what?”
“We have been debating about-” Caroline tried to explained but Cassandra cut her impatiently.
“Uncle Stear once said that war is hell. We’re trying to picture how heaven looks like,” Caroline continued.
“It has angels, right daddy?” said Cassandra.
“I have no idea,” Neil turned back to his book and continued writing. “Why don’t you ask uncle Stear.”
“We wanted to but cousin Tony was crying and had to be put in bed!” Cassandra protested.
Neil shrugged. "It can be whatever. No one knows." He reached out the phone to call the girls’ private tutor. “You can discuss it with Mr. Smith.”
“Daddy doesn’t know!” Cassandra grunted angrily. “Come on Caroline. Let’s think by ourselves.”
"But I want to know daddy’s opinion," said Caroline meekly.
Neil turned and saw Caroline stared beseechingly with her big green eyes. Cassandra tried to look aloof but it’s obvious that she’s equally upset. His heart melted.
“Ok," said Neil, finally giving the girls full attention. He set his book aside. “What do you want to discuss?”
Hearing their father’s invitation the girls readily came and stood on his sides.
“It’s about,” Cassandra explained, “the new idiom we learned today in school. Heaven on earth.”
“Our homework assignment is to write an essay about it but we are stuck. We have no clue how heaven looks like!” added Caroline.
At this point, they heard that familiar car horn coming from outside.
“Mommy’s home!” the girls screamed excitedly.
The three of them went to the balcony overlooking the magnificent garden of the mansion. A car stopped underneath, the door opened and Candy got off. She just came back from her shift in the hospital. Standing next to the blooming roses she planted, her golden hair shone brightly under the sun, the skirt of her white nurse dress catching in the breeze.
Feeling being watched, Candy lifted her head and smiled radiantly with love shining on her face.
“Mommy!” Cassandra screamed with joy.
“We’re doing homework with daddy!” Caroline shouted proudly.
Candy blew a kiss to Neil. Love you, darling, she mouthed.
"To me," Neil said, waving back at his wife, “this is my heaven.”
“Even though there are no angels?” asked Caroline curiously.
"There are two here.” Neil smiled, gently patted his daughter’s shoulder. “And one there." He gestured to Candy. “Three.”
Looking thoughtful the girls looked at each other in silence. Slowly they started to nod.
“In that case,” said Caroline, “my heaven is being with mommy and daddy.”
“You know what to write now?” asked Neil.
Caroline nodded.
“My heaven is doing homework with daddy,” Cassandra countered.
Neil crouched next to his daughters and gently patted their cheeks.
“Then we should do homework together more often!” he said tenderly. “What’s next? Math?”
The two girls gave an excited laughter and hugged their father tightly.
Heaven On Earth
Busy in his home office, Neil was preparing his coming press conference. Since his father announced his retirement, he had put more effort in his work. The silent room abruptly was interrupted by the screams of his twin young daughters.
“You’re wrong!” yelled Cassandra.
“You are, I am not!” Caroline insisted as they slammed open Neil’s office door and entered the room.
“Daddy, Caroline doesn’t believe me,” yelled Cassandra.
“Because I’m right, you’re wrong!” said Caroline.
Dragging his gaze from his desk Neil asked. “Right about what?”
“We have been debating about-” Caroline tried to explained but Cassandra cut her impatiently.
“Uncle Stear once said that war is hell. We’re trying to picture how heaven looks like,” Caroline continued.
“It has angels, right daddy?” said Cassandra.
“I have no idea,” Neil turned back to his book and continued writing. “Why don’t you ask uncle Stear.”
“We wanted to but cousin Tony was crying and had to be put in bed!” Cassandra protested.
Neil shrugged. "It can be whatever. No one knows." He reached out the phone to call the girls’ private tutor. “You can discuss it with Mr. Smith.”
“Daddy doesn’t know!” Cassandra grunted angrily. “Come on Caroline. Let’s think by ourselves.”
"But I want to know daddy’s opinion," said Caroline meekly.
Neil turned and saw Caroline stared beseechingly with her big green eyes. Cassandra tried to look aloof but it’s obvious that she’s equally upset. His heart melted.
“Ok," said Neil, finally giving the girls full attention. He set his book aside. “What do you want to discuss?”
Hearing their father’s invitation the girls readily came and stood on his sides.
“It’s about,” Cassandra explained, “the new idiom we learned today in school. Heaven on earth.”
“Our homework assignment is to write an essay about it but we are stuck. We have no clue how heaven looks like!” added Caroline.
At this point, they heard that familiar car horn coming from outside.
“Mommy’s home!” the girls screamed excitedly.
The three of them went to the balcony overlooking the magnificent garden of the mansion. A car stopped underneath, the door opened and Candy got off. She just came back from her shift in the hospital. Standing next to the blooming roses she planted, her golden hair shone brightly under the sun, the skirt of her white nurse dress catching in the breeze.
Feeling being watched, Candy lifted her head and smiled radiantly with love shining on her face.
“Mommy!” Cassandra screamed with joy.
“We’re doing homework with daddy!” Caroline shouted proudly.
Candy blew a kiss to Neil. Love you, darling, she mouthed.
"To me," Neil said, waving back at his wife, “this is my heaven.”
“Even though there are no angels?” asked Caroline curiously.
"There are two here.” Neil smiled, gently patted his daughter’s shoulder. “And one there." He gestured to Candy. “Three.”
Looking thoughtful the girls looked at each other in silence. Slowly they started to nod.
“In that case,” said Caroline, “my heaven is being with mommy and daddy.”
“You know what to write now?” asked Neil.
Caroline nodded.
“My heaven is doing homework with daddy,” Cassandra countered.
Neil crouched next to his daughters and gently patted their cheeks.
“Then we should do homework together more often!” he said tenderly. “What’s next? Math?”
The two girls gave an excited laughter and hugged their father tightly.
THE END
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