Christmas day was loud. David’s sisters came, Brenda and Valerie, and between them they had six kids, plus their husbands. They did the presents in the morning, had a late breakfast of Danish and cereal, and then Sara fired up the kitchen and there was no stopping her.
By mid-afternoon, the kids were embroiled in various video games or the movies they’d received for presents. Stan went out to deliver the Christmas hams and liquor to his foremen and their families. David’s sisters sat in the breakfast nook; Sara liked company while she cooked but she didn’t want any help.
Sara invited Katie, a classmate from David’s high school for lunch. A girl he dated and petted and he’d nuzzled between her legs a couple of times, and it was probably the first time he’d fallen in love, but now he look
