Another story of love, grief and retrospective Chapter 1: Love

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Today is the 24th of December, everyone knows what it wants to say, I get up this time around ten o'clock. I get blown away every day, I take the time to get out of my bed , but I hear Ben, yelled

- IT'S DECEMBER 24, YES

I can also hear him running in the corridor, he may be thirteen years old, he still believes that the gifts have already come at night, but no, Santa Claus will pass tonight, at least I hope so, I decide then get out of my bed and prepare today with Miranda we said that we would pass the entire day 's two to cook dinner today and tomorrow, as Liam is going to go with his parents and that he will not go out today me on my side I take the opportunity to prepare the meal. I go down the stairs to go to the living room and I go down the more I hear the screams s joy of Ben, this kid is funny and always cheerful. Once arrived ed in the living room I see Ben standing in front of the TV to prevent others to watch TV, when he voi me t he comes to me

- Emma, Emma, it is December 24, you know what it seen t say ? Asked me Ben with a childish smile

- Yes, I know what it's seen t say, and he said , c 'is tonight that father Christmas will come, drop them play ts under the tree, and I want to ask him if he has been wise this year ?

- Yes, yes I was great, mega wise.

I carry it a little.

- You're sure you were great, mega wise, because Santa Claus sees everything, you know.

- Yes I was, he said, watching the parents p our look a contrast to his words

My father gets up and follows me to the kitchen, he watches me take a bowl and my cereals

- When I think again that it's the first Christmas that I 'm going to be able to spend with my little girl, he said very cheerfully

But I can think of that's true it's our first Christmas together as usual I spend with mom, I feel a little guilty for having left e .

- Does it make you weird not to spend it with your mother ?

- Yes, I ' admit it's weird, but I have fun right here. Now that I think about it and that we are far from Ben I ask him why I saw packages with my name in Stewart's room , my father looks big and he feels embarrassed

- It was to remain a secret, I know that you have nothing requested e , so I asked your mother, which you would please, then Miranda and I were we arranged to find. I hope you like them asks dad.

He has consulted mom for my gifts , but I thought it was no longer working together, at least they made the effort to listen to me and it is already a gift, I then decided to take it in my arms and thanked the st .

- It is with pleasure my little darling Miranda also arrives after a few minutes and I also decide to thank her and I take her in my arms, I see that she is happy and I think that I too, once in our embrace, I whisper to her I thank her for the gifts

- It is a pleasure, it's your mother who we had given the idea I finished lunch and back to my room I take my phone and sends a message to my mother to thank for that matter, I do not even know why I have to thank I do not know the gifts, I'll wait to open them before you do, then I will wait tomorrow, my inner voice welcomed me and I get a notification I opened it and it is a message of Amanda

From Amanda to me

Merry Christmas Eve, darling

I also wish him a happy Eve her too, I wonder what she's doing now, because I have not too many new s her, I think she found a boyfriend and that she must take advantage of the present moment with him, or else she is with her family, even if I doubt it a little. Someone knock on my door I wonder who it is.