Sara laughed. “Cut it out you i***t,” she chided Gary. “We want her to go to sleep remember?”
Clarissa began whimpering as she squeezed her big sister tighter.
Sara tried to shove her away with her knee. “Come on, that’s enough of that.”
But the little girl refused to budge, clinging on for dear life.
Eventually, Sara reached down and swept her sister up in her arms.
“Now come on, stop being so silly, Gary was only playing with you.”
Clarissa laid her head on Sara’s shoulder, looking away from Gary.
Sara carried the little girl into her bedroom and placed her on her bed.
“Under the covers,” she ordered.
Clarissa began to pull the covers back, and then suddenly she remembered something.
“I forgot to put the milk and mince pies out for Santa!” She announced, horrified by her own fo
