Chapter 37
Lynne sat cross legged on the couch in her parents’ family room Christmas afternoon and watched as her nieces and nephews tore into their gifts. That morning the entire family, Aunt Shelley, Uncle Phillip, and cousin Yolanda included, had all donned their best and attended service at the Baptist church their family had been going to since before Vinny was born. Now they were all comfortable and getting down to the secular festivities. Motown Christmas music was bumping on the stereo system, Uncle Phillip’s spiked eggnog was featured in a lovely crystal punch bowl next to Aunt Shelley’s alcohol-free mulled cider, the main proteins of Christmas dinner were warming in the oven, family members were strewn all over the large room, the whole house was adorned with Christmas elements in shades of
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