Stakker Humanoid

Lewis wasn’t the only one dealing with unwanted younger relatives at the house. Muriel was about to be in for a nasty little surprise as soon as she got home. But that will come later. Right now, Lewis was working herself up to go home.

“How long are you going to stay out here?” Lily asked. The farmer glared at her.

“Aw, leave ‘er alone, Lil,” Clyde said. “Can’t ya see she don’t wanna go ‘ome yet?” The leader shot her a cold look as she wished she was close enough to smack her in the head.

“Cheers, Clyde,” Lewis said.

“No problem!” she said with a grin. No one wanted to see her crooked, yellow teeth. Muriel rolled over onto her stomach.

“Do you need help with trying to hide at my place?” she asked. Lewis looked over at her, pouting.

“Oh, Mur, you are such a saint,” she said. Lily was about to say something else when Muriel and Clyde stared at her. This would just be a repeat. They weren’t going to listen anyway.

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It was going to be another slow day at the Sunny Plum. Annie didn’t mind it. It was still early. Gloria was at her table enjoying her tea and biscuits. The old lady hummed to herself.

“What should we do now?” Crusher whispered.

“Let her be,” his aunt whispered. The young man turned his head.

“Oh, Annie,” Gloria said without turning her head. “How’s Tucker doing?” The glow on Annie’s face started to die away.

“Fine,” she said. She nodded as she said that. Annie remembered the last postcard that her husband had sent her from Sydney, Australia. It looked like he was going to have to stay to take care of his relatives for another year. She would’ve packed up and joined him if she didn’t have the Sunny Plum. But still, Annie missed her husband.

“Auntie, are you okay?” Crusher asked next to her. The woman wiped a tear from her eye.

“Yes,” she quickly said. “Yes, I’m going to be fine. Excuse me.” Annie turned and walked back into the kitchen. Gloria turned her head.

“Was it something I said?” she asked. Crusher shrugged and shook his head.

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At long last, Lewis made it home. What choice did she have? There was no point in stalling anymore. Anything to get Lily off her back. The farmer stood at the foot of the path to her house. She rolled back her shoulders and took a breath.

“Time to go into the belly of the beast,” she said. Lewis marched down the dirt road path. The sounds of nature did little to change the situation. Things would’ve been better if everything was quiet. Would it though?

Lewis pushed those thoughts out of her head and pushed herself to keep walking. Just a little bit longer.

She finally made it up to her house. Lewis frowned when she saw Kat’s car sitting in front of her house. The farmer rolled her eyes and walked up to her door. What was she in for this time?

“Hello? You in here, Kat?” she asked as she walked inside. “Hello? Hello?”

“In here!” Kat shouted from the kitchen. The farmer forced herself to smile as she walked into her kitchen. When she poked her head around her corner, Lewis found herself in for a shock.

“What the hell?” she asked. Kat sat at the kitchen table with her large belly on full display.

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Muriel walked up to see Liz and Clover sitting outside of their house. The old biddy raised her eyebrow.

“Girls, what are you doing out here?” she asked. The young women looked at each other. They didn’t know how they were going to answer that.

“Mum?” a man’s voice asked from the old biddy’s house. Muriel lifted her head and twisted her face in confused surprise.

“Oh…” was all that she could say.

End