I've had a houseguest
Unusual for me, I know. People don't stay over at my place. I haven't had anyone sleep on my couch since........ People visit, drink coffee, go away again. Anyway, last night just on dusk, there was a knock on my door. A young man I know rather well, with his own young son. Can we come in? We need a few hours down time. Yes, of course. Clearly both were a little stressed. Maybe more than a little. The home life is not ideal and recently things have escalated. (Drugs are involved) To the point where two days ago, the young boy found a way to sneak out and run for help. Running from neighbour to neighbour, desperately knocking on doors, until one let him in and called the police while the boy tried to calm down. Well, the police spoke to him, calmed him down, then located the father who was at work. He took the boy to a friends house to stay for that day while he went back to work. After that the boy stayed with his dad, who wasn't at the family hom...