Christmas Advent
Chapter 5-December 5th
Mike was tired and when he got home from work; he deposited the package that he found on his doorstep on his kitchen counter. He grabbed a beer, walked to his bedroom, took a fast shower and walked back out in pajama pants and a sweatshirt, not even having the energy to put socks on.
He threw a frozen pizza in the oven and got a second beer out. He was already nursing a headache and he grabbed the box in irritation. It was smaller than the others and he opened it, not expecting anything. There was no note, but there was a tiny ornament. It looked a little familiar and the context was confusing.
"Baby's First Christmas"
It made no sense. Mike knew that he didn't have a baby. He hadn't been with anyone since Andrea and that was over a year before. She had died and that was that. His only babies would have been Katie, Hannah and Lucas, and they were dead. The ornament was a painful one and he put it on the tree so he didn't see it every day.
Most of the gifts had made him smile, but the ornament just hurt. Part of him wanted to bring it, but it obviously meant something to the giver and he hoped he would out the meaning at some point.