Chapter 203 – Midwinter Eve

• I grimace as I slip through the dining room door to dinner, because I am well aware that I am both late and underdressed.
• But I laugh as I try to quietly press the door shut behind me, because a huge cheer goes up from my gathered family at my arrival, letting me know that I was a complete fool for thinking that I could just…quietly sneak into the room and pretend that I was here the whole time.
• “I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” I protest, putting my hands up, a little envelope held tight in one of them. “I’m very rude and the worst child of the year.”