Chapter 88 A Greedy And Cunning Man (Eighty Eight)

• Tom spent five minutes on the thick snowy streets carrying a large, heavy-looking box in his hands. The streets around him were very quiet. It's an old village on the outskirts of Ottawa where most of the residents are retirees and lonely old people after their children grow up. Practically in this cold season, they choose to stay indoors or some of them may be going to spend Christmas with their grandchildren at their beloved children's house.
• One of the houses with an ancient model and a red chimney like Santa's house in a children's fairy tale is seen emitting a bright light from within. White smoke rising from the chimney confirmed that the house was currently inhabited. In contrast to the other, gloomy-looking houses next to it, this house looks so striking because all the lights in the house are lit very brightly. Even at this time of day, the owner of the house turns on the porch light and also the street lamp near the fence to make the atmosphere in the house look more lively when the sky above is cloudy.
• Tom slowly moved the short wooden fence that separated the yard and the road in front of the house. Luckily the short fence didn't creak when Tom opened it because he didn't mean to make a fuss. He didn't even want to be found by anyone putting a box in front of the door of the house. Let them assume the box is from Santa. Isn't it Christmas? Santa always comes in these months to give gifts to good people.