Since breaking his phone several weeks ago, the only way to
get a hold of Shelly would be to use Mom’s phone. That involved sneaking in her
room after she fell asleep to keep from getting lectured. The bright side of
the situation was, Gabriel usually feel asleep by seven and was out all night
unless the dogs started barking.
During the conversation with Shelly, noting could be worked
out. Everything that went wrong was all Caleb’s fault. Perhaps it was in some
ways. But if he put his foot down to try and put a stop to all the nonsense, it
would also involve him landing a fist in someone’s face as well. This could
lead to jail time and there had been enough of that in recent years to last the
rest of his life.
In
the end, it was decided for now that they would spend Christmas apart. No one
could afford anything decent this year. Actually it was that way for as long as
he could remember. Everyone fought all the time and there never was any decent
gift exchange. “Hell, all we ever really
seemed to have was mom’s damn ornament collection. I can’t be blaming mom for
everything when she tried her best. It’s not her fault that I tore up
everything that was ever given to me. Time for bed I guess.”
Christmas
morning Gabriel made several attempts at calling Caleb before he actually got
up. Lisi was there along with his sister Hanna and her two kids. There were
also presents. A wrapped box was shoved on Caleb’s lap as they wished “Merry
Christmas.”
The Box contained a two liter of cola and all sorts of
snacks to pass the time. The gesture was well appreciated, but for some reason
it just forced a growing craving to have some Jowl Bacon. “Shelly is the one
pregnant and I swear I’m having the cravings for her.” A pair of warm pajamas
was given to him and Mom got a PlayStation 2 along with an assortment of games.
It was explained that this would be here at his mother’s house just in case he
ended up stranded here again. “They all
think she deprived me of everything but the crazy bitch just brings it on
herself. Not like I’ve got any room to talk. Hell I married her.”
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