The Gift not Given

By Meghann McVey

Her boyfriend's Christmas party forces Leah to see the true nature of her relationship with him and her "best friend" Jerry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Meghann McVey
• Release date: Jun 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476264967

Meghann McVey

Meghann McVey grew up in Hawaii and currently lives in New Orleans. With her Master of Arts in English and work in commercial nuclear power since 2008, she is proof that degrees needn't dictate one's jobs. Among her many muses are Ray Bradbury, Walt Disney, and Japanese animation.

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The Gift not Given

Meghann McVey

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The Gift not Given

The week before the party that changed everything, I went over to my boyfriend Derrick’s house. I expected he would be working on his engineering finals. He had been pretty out of touch since crunch time at the university had started in December. As a graduate student, his workload was even worse than mine.

Derrick’s mother Miriam opened the door, which didn’t have so much as a wreath hanging from it. Hello Leah, dear! She wrapped her frail arms around me. The warm house smelled of cinnamon. I breathed in deeply.

Is Derrick hard at work? I asked.

His mother pointed at the bedrooms toward the back of the house. Go on and stir him up, she urged me. "He’s barely come out for the past