Uncle David's Desperate Decision: A Family Affair Gone Wild CHAPTER FIFTEEN "The Day After" Friday, December 22, Morning Dave found himself alone in Jennifer's bed the next morning. Olivia and Jennifer had been in the bed when he'd fallen asleep. Out of necessity, he had sent Emily into the master bath to take a shower after their fun and then sent her back to her own bedroom to avoid unnecessary and possibly dangerous questions from Emily's cousins, Molly and Megan. Dave lay there looking out the window thinking about the past few days and about events yet to come. There's Christmas was the first thought to cross David's mind. Dave threw off the blankets, rolled out of bed, and padded across the room. He pushed aside the sheer curtains and looked out. It wasn't snowing at present but there were some ominously dark clouds still hanging around and what he estimated to be a foot of snow sat on the ground and the roads. "No running around today, David," he told himself as he closed the curtains back. He slipped on his pants, gathered the rest of his clothes, cracked open the bedroom door, and peeked out into the hall. Seeing no one in the hall, Dave slipped out of the room, closing the bedroom door behind him. He padded down the hallway, staying close to the walls to avoid the creaks he knew were near the center. He quietly opened his own bedroom door and slipped inside. Dave stripped off his pants once more, threw all of the dirty clothes into a pile in one corner, slipped on his bathrobe, got some clean underwear, and headed for the bathroom just across the hall from the bedroom he was using. Dave shaved and showered quickly, put on the clean underwear, brushed his hair and his teeth, slipped the robe back on and returned to his bedroom to dress. He was shocked to find his niece Molly sitting on the bed when he came back in. "Hello Molly. …and then things took a turn
