Four for Christmas
“This was the den, the heart of the five-bedroom cabin. Chris had built this room first, he’d told her, after purchasing the small patch of land with his savings from working the two jobs he’d always made sure he had from the time he was fourteen.
It was a big room. Vaulted ceilings adorned with large wooden beams, a fireplace with a knotted, rustic mantle that seemed sadly empty. A home should be filled with pictures of family vacations and birthdays. It shouldn’t be lived in only on weekends o...r holidays. It should always be loud with the sound of laughter and life.
Instead the three men were silent as they brought out that small Charlie Brown Christmas tree from Flynn’s room. She’d wondered where it had been. They didn’t bring out boxes of colored balls or strings of lights to decorate it. She didn’t even see any popcorn to be threaded. What were they planning to trim the tree with?
Flynn looked over at her for a moment before turning back to the tree. The playful man, who couldn’t be more than a year or two older than her, seemed suddenly ancient and achingly sad.MoreLess
It was a big room. Vaulted ceilings adorned with large wooden beams, a fireplace with a knotted, rustic mantle that seemed sadly empty. A home should be filled with pictures of family vacations and birthdays. It shouldn’t be lived in only on weekends o...r holidays. It should always be loud with the sound of laughter and life.
Instead the three men were silent as they brought out that small Charlie Brown Christmas tree from Flynn’s room. She’d wondered where it had been. They didn’t bring out boxes of colored balls or strings of lights to decorate it. She didn’t even see any popcorn to be threaded. What were they planning to trim the tree with?
Flynn looked over at her for a moment before turning back to the tree. The playful man, who couldn’t be more than a year or two older than her, seemed suddenly ancient and achingly sad.MoreLess
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