Almost Six

This morning Richard and Tre were up early. I was still mostly asleep when Tre came into the room.

"I want to go home. I'm bored," he said.

Next thing I knew, they were out the door. I turned over and hugged my pillow. A minute later, Tre was back. I heard him come through the door and up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, he called out to me.

"I came back to say goodbye."

"Oh," I said. "Goodbye sweetheart."

"Mom Mom?"

"Yes, honey?"

"Do I have to kiss you?"

"No, honey, you don't have to."

"Okay. Goodbye."

With that, he was down the stairs and gone.