Krijero
looked over their small, government-issued quarters, his excitement edging down
in the disappointment that Pertak wasn’t home from work yet. As his gaze swept over the greeting room’s
nondescript seating cushions and tables that had come with the place, he was
already planning how nice the furniture would be in their new home,
the place they would now be able to afford.
The place they would start their clanship, now that the last hurdle to
their parents’ objections had been cleared.
Krijero had a job. Better yet, he
had a career, one he’d been looking forward to for years.
Sure,
Pertak still had to get off his ass and do something other than the
government-funded infrastructure repairs delegated to those who hadn’t settled
on their life’s goals.
Releasing
Spring or Summer 2013
Oh, I have a feeling this one is going to be a tear jerker!
ReplyDeleteI am not enjoying writing this scene. My poor Imdiko.
Delete