"Okay."

I prayed silently for my dad.

***

It was 8 o'clock in the night and my dad hadn't returned yet. Uncle ken tried to call again and again. His phone was off. It soon began to rain. Heavily. I was panicked. Uncle ken still tried to console me. Telling me my dad would be forced to return because of the rain and that his phone was probably off because of a low battery. That calmed me down.

An hour later, he still wasn't back and the rain was still heavy. Uncle Ken ...