Waiting in Vain

Soon, the message came back. "Well done, Valerie. You've taken too much pains to make me move to death. Do you know that?"

"How could you possibly know? But I just asked him, and he said he'd be back for dinner." Valerie typed with satisfaction.

Valerie turned off her phone, looked at the atmosphere in the room created by herself and the children, and nodded with satisfaction.

Beautiful! If only I