Night Fall
“‘Looks like a good one,’ he said to his son, Jimmy. ‘Ready to go, are you? Got your hammer and your goggles?’ ‘Here, Dad.’ The boy held up a satchel. ‘And Mum did me a sandwich and some water.’ ‘Good lad. Give your mum a kiss, then.’ Ron turned and gave his wife a peck on the cheek.
‘And you be careful,’ Alice Jackson warned her son for at least the umpteenth time in the last ten minutes. ‘And make sure you put those goggles on.’ She looked across the boy’s head at her husband. ‘And mind what you’re doing with that sledgehammer,’ she said. ‘Chips fly in all directions, so make sure Jimmy’s well away from you when you’re breaking those stones up.’ ‘Don’t worry, love, I’ll bring him home safe and sound.’ He and the boy made their way to the pickup truck in the driveway and got in.
‘Got your phone?’ his wife called as he backed into the street. He nodded and waved.
Alice watched until the pickup turned the corner and disappeared. ‘And do be careful,’ she whispered as she went back into the house.
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