Mel put the phone down and sighed. She thought that Will had known about the road closures and had planned an alternative route home. This evening was just one disappointment after another.
She got up and started to walk to the kitchen to make the final preparations for dinner. She saw no reason to delay it now that her husband wasn't coming.
Before she got there however, she ran into Jaxon who was absolutely soaking, he'd obviously been playing out in the rain.
"What have you been up to now Jaxon?" she said, exasperation filled her voice as she looked down at him with her hands on her hips.
Once he had finished explaining, she frowned at him. "That's the second set of clothes that you have gotten wet today." He looked down at the ground at the reminder of what has occurred earlier. "Go upstairs and change into your pyjamas, it's getting a little late now anyway, your dinner will be