I Brought Four Children To The Christmas Dinner He Set As A Trap

children.

Four living reminders of the family Marcus had chosen to leave behind.

The front door burst open.

Patricia appeared first.

She looked toward the helicopter…

…then toward the children.

The wineglass slipped from her fingers and shattered across the hardwood floor inside the doorway.

Her face lost every trace of color.

I almost felt sorry for her.

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