Christmas Eve 2013
“What did you do with my pills?”
Gabriel glanced over from where he was hanging a green-and-white paper Christmas chain he’d made at school.
“They’re in the medicine cabinet, gathering dust like usual.”
God, this living room was depressing. He and Justin had wanted to get a tree for the holiday, but they couldn’t afford one, not that they had any ornaments to put on one anyway. It wasn’t the first time he had made Christmas decorations in school, but any creations from years prior had been lost after their last eviction when they were homeless for a couple weeks and all their belongings vanished. Now, his mother filled the room with smoke instead of holiday cheer.
“Not those.” She huffed impatiently. “The ones in my bedroom. They were there last night, and now they’
