Adom walked behind his mother into the kitchen to greet his dad. He was cooking dinner and was murmuring over the stove but as he looked up his eyes widened with glee and he put his spoon down and rushed to his son's side to pull Adom in a big hug.

"Son! You're back! Wait till your sister sees you." he laughed and pulled away to look Adom up and down.

"yes, still so pretty.. but thin! have you lost weight? Good thing I cooked a lot" he said with a sigh and patted his seemingly thinner upper arms.

"stop that dad" Adom huffed as his eyes darted away shyly....