Title: Empty
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
For challenge #66 numb.
Sydney sits at the dinner table. Her food has long since grown cold, and even though it's her favorite, she hasn't even touched it. (Leftover macaroni cheese – Mom's special recipe. Laura let Sydney help her make it, and said Sydney was the best assistant she'd ever had.)
She pushes her plate away and looks at her mother's empty seat. Tears fill her eyes and spill down her cheeks. It can't be true. Her mother isn't dead. Any second now, she'll walk through the door and scold Sydney for not eating.
Except it's her father who enters, and he's crying too.