Sneaking In

Several Hours Later...

The door bell rang and Marie got up from the couch to go answer it.

"Is that Daddy?" Mia asked as she briefly looked away from the television where she was having a good moment watching 'Barbie and the Pauper'.

"I'm not sure, but it's likely," Marie answered before turning on the monitor to see who was there.

After confirming that her son-in-law was really the one behind the door, she quickly opened up for him.

"Hello, Mum," Mark greeted her with a big smile on his face and of course, a small shopping bag as he walked in.

He waited until she had locked the door before giving her a hug.

"How do you do?" Marie asked as she returns the hug.

"I'm good Mum, how gave you been?" Just as Mark asked that question, a gush of air and a loud voice calling his name, reached them.