Revenge, Pt 9: Christmas Presents_(1)
Chapter 9 Christmas It was always just the four of us for Christmas. For Thanksgiving we spent one day with as much family as we could cram into one room, but our parents always liked to spend this time with just us. Christmas day was the most fun it had been in years, mostly because Rose and I were on speaking terms again. We joked around like we did when we were kids, and I knew our parents could see the difference by the sly looks they kept giving each other. After we’d eaten the delicious turkey dinner that we’d all helped to make, as was the tradition, it was time to open presents. “Wait here.” said Rose to me as we moved into the living room, “I got you something.” Again my parents exchanged …