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Chapter Thirty-One
After dinner, the DeathStar was crowned the victor of the gingerbread house competition.
“Crushed it,” Eli said, high-fiving Will.
“Never had any doubts, man,” Will said.
“Vivi, do you want to leave the cookies out for Santa?” Elizabeth said.
“Vivi wants cookies.”
“You can have one,” Elizabeth said, handing her a cookie. “But we have to leave the rest for Santa.”
He’s going to be so hungry tonight since he has to fly all over the world,” James said.
Vivi munched on her cookie while helping put the others on the hearth. MarryMe immediately bounded over to the plate of cookies.
“No...no...not for MarryMe,” Elizabeth said. Vivi giggled.
“Why don’t we put those up here so Santa can see them better,” James said as he placed the plate on the mantel.
“Don’t forget these,” Zadie said, handing James some carrots. He laid them on the hearth. MarryMe sniffed them and walked away.
“Not interested in carrots, huh,” Will said.
“I guess MarryMe is not cut out to be a reindeer,” Zadie said.
“MarryMe a reindeer?” Vivi said, her eyes wide.
“Looks like she’s just a regular dog,” Elizabeth said.
“Everyone say goodnight to Vivi,” James said.
“I don’t want to go night-night,” Vivi said. MarryMe was stretching at James’ feet.
“It looks like MarryMe is ready for bed,” Will said.
“Santa cannot come until you’re sleeping,” James said, kissing Vivi’s cheek.
“Ok,” Vivi said, yawning.
“Come on, MarryMe,” James said. “To bed with both of you.”
After Vivi went to bed, they played holiday charades in the living room for a few hours until James told everyone that Santa couldn’t come if they were still awake...even the big kids.
Liv headed back to her bedroom and sat down on the side of the bed. She jumped when she heard the door open. Will slipped in the door and shut it behind him.
“We need to talk...”
She felt a shiver run down her spine, and she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “Is it alright that I’m in here? I should have asked first.”
