Chapter 103

• He tore his eyes away and rushed after the rampaging kids missing how she bit her lip as she watched him.
• They spent the next two hours digging the boxes out of the basement, assembling the tree, hanging the ornaments and each of the kids wanted Santa to lift them to hang ornaments up near the top. Once they'd finished decorating the inside of the house they settled down as Santa read them a story then it was off to bed. Each gave him a kiss on the cheek and a hug before they went. Ed was glowing with Christmas cheer as he sat with Stephanie in her kitchen.
• "That was fun!" Ed said quietly to Stephanie. "Do you have lights for outside? I could put them up too."