Word Count: 72,024
Summary of Events:
Fancy, Grandma, and Eirenna arrived home from the movie theatre to find the food, tree, and presents Vaughan had left them and Eirenna confessed everything to Fancy. Vaughan, set off by his aunt's gift for him, had something of a mild nervous breakdown and left his parents' house to stay with his grandparents. Fancy decided she'd like to go thank the church for giving Eirenna her wish, and decided to do it on Sunday. Vaughan discussed going to TwoCities on Sunday just in case someone in Eirenna's family came there on Sunday, so that he could tell them the truth.
Excerpt of the Day:
""What's gravy?" Eirenna asked.
"It's a sort of sauce for potatoes," Fancy replied.
"Is it brown?" Eirenna asked.
"Usually," Fancy replied.
"Is there a chicken?" Eirenna asked.
"No, there's a turkey, though," Fancy replied. "It's like a chicken, except bigger."
"Where is it?" Eirenna asked.
"In the sink," Fancy replied.
Eirenna looked at it, she seemed rather excited, almost like she was going to explode with it. Fancy felt more disconcerted at the idea someone had gotten into their house to put all of this here.
Suddenly Eirenna raced off to the living room. The light came on and a shriek split the air.
Fancy raced to the living room, only to stop short in astonishment.
Standing where, before they'd left, there had been nothing was a fully decorated Christmas tree, under which sat three presents.
Eirenna was visibly shaking as she stared at the tree. She turned and looked at Fancy.
"He came! He came! He came! He came!" she cried, getting louder with every repetition, as well as jumping closer to Fancy.
"Who came?" Fancy asked slowly.
Eirenna's elation seemed to dissipate as fast as it came on. She bowed her head and clasped her hands in front of herself, looking rather ashamed.
"Who came Eirenna?" Fancy asked.
"I didn't tell you the truth Mama," Eirenna said contritely.
"About what?" Fancy asked, just hoping her question would get answered.
"I wanted it to be a surprise," Eirenna said, looking up at Fancy earnestly.
Fancy decided she should maybe just let Eirenna say things and if she thought there were any gaps she could ask questions once Eirenna was done, after all, Eirenna didn't seem to be answering her questions.
"When we went out of the yard when we were playing, we did it to find money to take the bus and the train to go see St. Nicholas," Eirenna said. "Because he's the real Santa Claus. And when I went to Shelena's to play one time, we actually went on the bus and the train to go see St. Nicholas, and I wished for all this. We went with Deon, so we had a grown-up, but he wanted us to pay for it, so we looked for money. And I wanted to find out when St. Nicholas would come and give what I asked for, so I asked Deon to read the paper because I was scared you'd figure it out, and he told me St. Nicholas wouldn't give it to me, which was why I was crying. Miss Simonson and Alyssa didn't say anything about St. Nicholas not delivering trees. But I wanted it to be a surprise."
Fancy glanced over her shoulder at the kitchen, then glanced back at the tree — resplendently beautiful in spite of the fact that the lights weren't on — finally she looked at Eirenna.
Her daughter looked genuinely contrite, although her excitement at actually having her apparent wish come true looked to be causing her efforts to remain contrite to become shaky."
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