She sucked in a huge lungful of air, then blasted it at the hearth. The fire died just as Uncle Jack walked into the room.
Seeing the frozen women, he chuckled. ‘Hestia,’ he said to mum, ‘You thought you’d keep her from me. Sorry…’
And then there was another crash from the roof. #5ActFestiveStory

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She sucked in a huge lungful of air then blasted it at the hearth. The fire died - just as Uncle Jack walked into the room.
Seeing the frozen women, he chuckled. ‘Hestia,’ he said to mum, ‘You thought you’d keep her from me. Sorry…’
And then there was another crash from the roof. #5ActFestiveStory

They reached the cabin just before midnight, but as her mother turned to open the car door, Ella grabbed her arm. ‘Wait,’ she whispered, peering through the windscreen.
Behind the cabin’s drawn curtains, the unmistakeable silhouette of a figure from the past moved towards the door. #5ActFestiveStory

‘He sends one every Christmas, but there’s never a return address,’ her mother murmured.
‘Who?’ Ella frowned.
The older woman forced a smile. ‘Your brother, El.’
Ella stiffened.
‘I know you can’t forgive him…’
‘Mum,’ Ella inhaled, ‘I know what he means to you. I’ll find him. ’#5ActFestiveStory

Rob paled.
‘Was that the postman?’ Ivy shouted from the kitchen.
Hands shaking, Rob tucked the postcard into his cardigan pocket. ‘Just flyers.’
‘Fancy a mulled wine before the kids arrive?’
Rob’s walking stick stuttered on the floor as he headed to the study. ‘Be right there.’' #5ActFestiveStory