This Juneteenth was to be the best Father's Day ever! Avery thought as she pulled her t-shirt down her plump torso. But she still had a couple of tasks to complete to make it so. She had to call the caterer and make sure that Shanice and Jacob were packed and delivered to her saint of a mother in law.
She cleaned the house and lit incense in tense excitement while thinking about tonight. Tonight, her husband, Gregory would get his wildest fantasy and she would get hers. Whenever her thoughts swayed to what would happen tonight she'd get an electrical jolt.
"Shanice, make sure your brother has all his stuff together!" She screamed upstairs as she shook her head. Jacob would inevitably forget something. She tried to not bother Shanice with parenting her brother but Avery was having a hard time focusing on being an upstanding parent and adult. She had more primal things on her mind.
"Children!!" Gregory called upstairs "let's hit warp drive!" Gregory knew that this Juneteenth Eve was supposed to be a special night. He had caught his wife daydreaming on more than one occasion. When he would ask her what she was thinking about she'd respond with smiles and short responses like 'nasty things' and 'presents'. He just hoped the present was nasty things.
The kids ran downstairs into the foyer. "Y'all better watch it before you knock down Momma's mirror!"