Years after the wars ended..."Mama!! Mama!!!" a young woman shrieked with elation as she shot through the front door, skidding to a halt as her mother hurried into the hallway.
"What is it?? What is wrong?!" she exclaimed to the young woman, who had bent over to breathe. After she had gotten her breath back, she gazed up at her mother with a huge smile on her face while tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Nothing is wrong! It's... it's...it's... It's Lance!!! He is alive!!! All of the missing people are!!!"
The woman gasped, hardly daring to breathe. 'Lance... my baby... he's...'
Seeing her mother in shock, the younger woman guided her mother to a chair and set her down gently.
"Breathe mama. Breathe."
Deep breaths were heard, then when they were noticebly more calmer, the woman ploughed onward to explain.
"Mrs. Holt called. She had just gotten off the phone with her husband, son and daughter. She was sobbing with relief and happiness, mama! You should have heard her! She barely managed to tell me this because of her tears, but she told me that everyone is coming home."
"She wanted me to ask you if you would be willing for all our friends' families to meet here, so that when... Lance... and the others arrive, we will all have our reunions together... Is that ok, mama?"
She got her answer as her mother nodded frantically up and down, tears streaming down her cheeks as well.
"Yes... yes... i'd want... nothing more.."
Smiling and crying with joy, both of them embraced with happiness, while they both thought...
'She was right... she was right...'