Very interesting. Leaves some questions for the reader to fill in. Very simple but elegant!

Which ‘he’ would be back on Friday?
Sweet moment, and a question I have asked myself many times. Why can’t I skip work? Always the same answer; bills have to be paid.

Hi Elsha, thanks for reading. The “he” to which you refer is Bob. I’ve edited the story to make it clearer that he’s headed out of town for a few days.

Got it, he is going to the airport, and his son wants an A’s cap. I hope he is paid enough to make the trip worth it. :)

I did take a bit of artistic license in that in order for Bob to make his flight (the one I intend him to be on), he would either have to live right next to the airport, or else Ronnie would have to go to school at 5 AM.

Well thought and scripted, almost like an AD or a commercial. It’s more appealing to me due to the fact I have 2 kids of my own and I sometimes am quick to give the dismissive answer to “quiet” the boy’s. But it was a good story non the less.

(Nonetheless) ^

Beautiful. I know I feel that way a lot on beautiful summer days such as has been in England the past few weeks.

One thing:
clutching Ronnie’s hand and waited for the school bus to arrive.
Watching out for confusing conjugation of verbs. You really want to keep it consistent, like, clutching Ronnie hand and witing for the school bus to arrive. Or seperate them by a semi-colon or something.

Other than that, it’s a beautiful little snapshot of life.

Damn past me, that’s some shitty grammar. I hope you know what I’m on about

Thanks for the read, inky! In the back of my head, the first line ^did feel awkward to me, but I needed a second pair of eyes to correct it.

I love the way you write. Including the realism of a fathers relationship with his son ( child). I relate well to this. It is precious the way Bob hates having to leave his son yet loves his family enough to sacrifice time with them to support them- I just hope Bob has a good balance of work and family time- Occasionally it’s OK to skip work and school to hang out with each other ;) almost Necessary