She attempted again to bend down to get the bags into her hands, but her belly prevented it again. She looked up just in time to see a man in uniform walking her way and then looking at her as if she had two heads. "Ooh, please sir... Could you possibly just hand me my bags? I'm sorry but I can't seem to... reach..." She grunted as she was trying one last time.

The rain began to fall, not in earnest yet but enough that one might wish to find shelter sooner, rather than later. She sighed with frustration, damning herself for coming home on a day like today to face her father after not having seen him in a few years.