We sat together on my couch. Tina on one side of me. Jerry on the other.

He handed me the photos, one by one.

In the first one his Mother and Father were sitting on a couch. A Christmas tree visible in the corner. His mother unwrapping a present.

I looked at it for a long time, thrown back in time. Remembering Luke's parents sitting side by side on the couch. The only Christmas which we all spent together.

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