Mall Santa
The following is my non-entry into CAW #9. I have recused myself from the actual Challenge. but felt like writing a story anyway. The theme is “gifts.” In this story, there is one material gift, with wrapping paper and a bow, but there are other acts of giving as well. I hope you enjoy. MALL SANTA Back when I was in high school, I was told I needed a college education if I was ever going to have the American dream – you know, house in suburbia, wife who is even hotter now than before our 2.5 kids were born, a nice SUV for her, a cool truck for me, golfing, maybe a little boat to use for fishing on weekends, all that shit middle-class kids are told they’ll want when they grow up. There …