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Mom, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Where are you going?

Christmas Eve.

I don't know.

I'll have to go to the bathroom.

Your dad's gone.

Is he okay?

Do you have to get something?

Yeah, it did.

What are you doing up?

I just woke up and was going to get a snack.

There's some Christmas cookies in there.

Yeah, I was going to eat a few of them.

Peanut butter ones you like?

Yeah.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I just got a lot on my mind. I mean, it's okay.

When's Dad coming back?

Whenever he feels like it, I guess.

He'll be back by morning, don't worry.

I gotta get up at five anyway to put the ham in.

Get your munchie. Go ahead.

Oh, that's okay.

I was going to sit with you.

You just seem like you're not, like... Something's wrong, man.

It's just kind of nice being up on Christmas Eve, isn't it?

It's quiet.

The lights are pretty.

Yeah, that's true.

Your daddy didn't even say anything.

I mean, why would he?

He's a lot at night.

I'm just surprised he had to do it.

Do what?

Go out.

Mom, go out where?

What's he doing?

To meet his friend.

His friend?

Yeah.

Could do.

He'd been around for a while, honey.

Wait, is that... She'd been helping out at the office for a long time.

At first, I thought she was the assistant

there to do late night cleaning.

But I didn't understand why he had to be there while she was doing the late

night cleaning.

But now I guess I know why she's leaving.

That's been cheating on you?

Why would he?

I hate to tell you that about your dad.

Especially on a night like this. Look, honey.

Get your snack.

There's peanut butter cookies. There's milk.

I even made fudge brownies.

I can't believe Dad would do that, Mom.

I'm sorry to tell you that about your dad, okay?

Well, aren't you going to do anything, Mom?

Aren't you?

So I'm just trying to keep

things going, okay?

You don't need to know all this.

just let them do that like are you guys gonna divorce or like what?

I don't know

listen I haven't

exactly been an angel myself okay when I found out about the late night

stuff I got sick of reading romance novels

That's where I lived every single day of my life.

In romance novels.

Wishing that I had that life. This life.

So I met someone too.

He's gone now, so that doesn't matter.

You... You don't see somebody else, do you, mom?

I felt like I wasn't special.

And I wanted to feel special.

I guess it's stupid.

I wanted to feel like the girl in the romance novel, right?

I'm sorry to tell you all this. This must be, like, really hard for you to

I'm sorry, honey.

Why don't you just go back to bed?

I'll get up early. I'll put the ham in. We'll all have Christmas breakfast

together. Or brunch.

And we'll have a good day.

Alright?

Hey, look, I still love your dad, okay?

And he still loves me. I know he does.

It's not the same as he used to be.

It's just kind of crazy.

Yeah.

It was nice the way he used to touch me.

Not your dad, well, I mean your dad originally, but you know.

Make me feel like Wanted like like I was

pretty But

I

mean in the way that

I've said way too much.

Since you're not going back to bed, I think I should.

Besides, I'm getting up in four hours to put the ham in.

Are you going to still help me make the mac and cheese?

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

You have a good night, honey.

Okay.

Hey, Mom.

Hey.

Hey, I just... I just thought you were leaving us alone.

I... I

just was, like, thinking about what

you were... what we were talking about.

Yeah.

I don't want you to feel sad, mom, like... I just, I think you're...

really pretty, mom, and I think you're really

awesome and, like, nice and... I don't

like that you and dad are, like...

I just think that... Then you don't have to have that responsibility.

That's not yours.

You don't have to worry about that.

Come on, you're really hot.

You're really sweet, baby.

You are.

You shouldn't feel like you're alone.

somebody else, like, easing on, like, if you want.

I know a lot of guys would really want.

A lot of guys do want to make me feel good, okay?

And I get hit on all the time.

Believe me, I want to.

Just because I'm in pain does not make this okay.