My mother sent my father in alone to check the menu. We all sat and waited with the windows up and doors locked. All stared at the door not to miss the very instant that it opened. My mother muttered prayers and she blessed herself.

He was in there maybe three minutes but it seemed so long to hungry bellies and bloated bladders. Except for my grandmother.

Soon the door opened and my father stepped out and waved us in.

My mother nodded.