#2024MakeAMonster day 17: Ancient

 

Ancient

‘Wipe your shoes before you walk on my clean floor,’ Granny said. ‘Think I want your muck tracked over my house?’
Since Grandpa died it had been duty visits. We went every Sunday, collecting Granny from church. Mum stayed behind in Granny’s house to cook the roast Granny insists on, and Granny tutted about Mum messing around in her kitchen, and on the drive she told Dad that he was letting us run wild and if he knew what was good for us he’d send us to church along with her. 
‘Kids need ou...