Calvin
The hoards were a nightmare for him, but he persevered and got a tree, and decorations had googled the nearest Christmas store. He wasn’t so much as worried about gifts, just decorations, though telling his mother and father Marilyn and the boys were here and out at Cliffside, she’d told him flatly they’d all make their way to Cliffside for Christmas then.
He’d picked up the tone she was using and knew it meant there would be no arguing with her about it. They could come for Christmas. All he wanted was a day with Marilyn and the boys. Bonding with the boys was easy, they wanted their dad around. What he wanted was to spend some quality time with them and Marilyn, and trimming a tree. Just the four of them together would show her he could be a family man.
Though pulling in the d
