Weekend Without Water

After a long day out with her mother, Olivia was finally home.

"I know we need a new car but couldn't we have waited until tomorrow before hitting up the seventh dealership?" Olivia asked, with a heavy dose of exhaustion in her voice.

Tiffany replying, "Since your father took the car as his half of the divorce, we can't exactly afford to keep renting one every few weeks." Olivia winced at that statement; she remembered that fateful day when Tiffany came home from work early to find her father sharing a bed with his secretary.

"Can you please stop mentioning the 'D' word? I'm still trying to get used to this new arrangement." said Olivia.

"Cheer up sweety! Everything will be okay and you can still visit him any time you like." Her mother's words did little to improve her mood.

As they walked into the house from the garage, Tiffany noticed a puddle forming in the front yard.

"Hmm? Oh shit! Olivia grab the wrench by the door, hurry!"

Olivia handed her mother the wrench and ran out into the front yard with her mother. She watched as Tiffany got on her knees, uncapped the water meter and quickly shut it off. The puddle, quickly becoming a pond, slowly stopped growing.

"Well that's a call to Mr. Rooter later. Sigh. This will be expensive." Tiffany flatly stated. " Olivia if you need to use water you'll have to go to the neighbor's house until the plumber shows up."

'Could this week get any worse?' Olivia thought to herself.