A Tearful Surprise

The gift was a picture of her and Emily, when they were younger.

Josey remembered that day, when they were with their mom and aunt, it was a beautiful memory, sitting on a bench in the park, wearing matching outfits and eating ice cream.

“Oh Em, where did you find this picture?”

Josey looked at her sister with tears, her chest heavy with emotion.

“I found it the day we moved from auntie’s house, before she moved over seas. She told me to keep it, so I did, waiting for a good time to give it to you.”

Josey lost it, and started crying as she got to the floor to hug her sister. Only seconds later Cece joined them and all three were sitting on the floor sobbing.

“Thank you, both of you, this is the best party ever.”

The started drying the tears when Cece’s phone suddenly rang.

“Hello? What!? Okay, give me about 10 minutes, I’ll be there.”

Josey looked at her friend, concerned, “Everything okay?”

“I gotta go, apparently there is smoke coming from the apartment two doo