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Weekly Contest #283
‘Twas the night before Christmas in Mississippi as Amethyst and Amir lay on the frigid basement floor of their small cottage. Their mother, Genevieve, stormed down the basement steps as she had done many nights before and accused them of being responsible for their dad’s abandonment. It was ironic that Genevieve meant “fair one” when she blamed her children for the actions of a grown man. You could smell the whiskey on her breath as she sobbed and yelled all at the same time. We dared not move, hence we would accelera...
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