A Parent's Warmth
Sui Mei Xilan huddled on her bed as rain pounded against the surface of her glass window, knees drawn up to her chest. Her blanket was wrapped around her body and thrown over her head.
It was the rainy season. She hated the rainy season because it was never sunny out. All it did was rain, rain, rain all day every day, which meant she couldn’t go outside and play. She wished it would stop running. Beyond the rain…
Krrsssh-boom!
“Eeek!”
Lightning flashed in the sky beyond her window and a loud crashing sound like a giant stomping against the ground echoed around her. Her older brother had once told her that thunder happened when the heavens became angry, so someone had made the heavens very angry today because she had been hearing thunder all night.
KRRRSSSSSH-BOOM!
“Iyaaaaaaahk?!”