The Lie by Unknown User
It was well past midnight, and on any other night of the year, I would have been dead asleep, but this was Christmas Eve, so I was wide awake when I heard my dad’s patrol car crunching the gravel in our drive. Softly, I crept along the hall until I stood, silent as a shadow, peering into the kitchen. It felt like one of those Norman Rockwell moments; my mom, still young, sitting up with her crosswords in our bright yellow kitchen, waiting for my dad to come home at the end of his shift. I’m not sure how, but I knew that this image of her, which I carry with me like an old photograph, would never be the same again.
The screen door slammed behind her. She smiled, looking up to greet my dad, but the smile twisted into horror.
Two men she did not recognize stood at her kitchen door. The smaller of the two sags near to collapsing. The other supported his weight. Both were covered in blood.
“Help me, Laura.”
She leaped to my dad’s side. Together they heaved my unc...
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The screen door slammed behind her. She smiled, looking up to greet my dad, but the smile twisted into horror.
Two men she did not recognize stood at her kitchen door. The smaller of the two sags near to collapsing. The other supported his weight. Both were covered in blood.
“Help me, Laura.”
She leaped to my dad’s side. Together they heaved my unc...
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Summary: On Christmas Eve, a family encounters a harrowing event when the uncle, Joe, comes home covered in b...
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