POV: Brigail
The fourth of July was especially difficult for the Havens siblings. The date brought so many unpleasant memories that they started building a routine around that specific day.
Ever since that loathsome phone call they received on July 4, 2002, Independence Day became Sucker Punch day for the siblings.
For the last three years, Jerry's fourth of July habit consisted of sleeping in until late in the afternoon. Then as soon as the sun dipped in the horizon, Jerry would go out with Henry or Alcide and start drinking the night away.
Brigail's routine was quite the opposite. She would wake up very early and start cleaning the house, inch by inch, until she was tired to the bone. So that by the evening, before the fireworks started, she would be snoring heavily under a pile of b
