All Chapters of Thorn: Chapter 51 - Chapter 52

We arrived early and arrived before his siblings. As he opened the door the smell of food filled the air. We both had handfuls of bags when he called out for his parents. He walked me into the living room and placed down all the bags in the corner around the tree. Their tree was so big I couldn’t help but stare.“Leila,” his mother called. I turned to see her arms open wide, I walked into her embrace, “Merry Christmas Lesley.”Nick hugged his father and then he turned to me and opened his arms, “Merry Christmas, Leila.”I hugged him, “Merry Christmas Richard.”There was some small talk before Nick poured himself and his father a drink from the decanter on the table. I offered Lesley a hand in the kitchen. I peeled and cut some vegetables up while she checked on the meats. We talked a little about day-to-day life but most of the talk was based around food and my history with cooking. I have never declared myself a chef, but I do know how to cook and leave the taste of it to people's