Giles, my ten-year-old son whom I really hardly knew, came down to the car with me, wandering, idling, as if there was no hidden urgency, no fear or anxiety... 1 opened the glove-pocket before me. Under some old maps and a packet of fruit-gums lay the key, the ancient key which had thumped on to the doormat...
weeks ago in Parsons Green...
"Here's the key to Jericho. Want it? Take charge of it for me? Might get pinched in Nice. Lots of villains there..." He straightened up, smiled suddenly. Took the key in his fist.
"I've got the key to the door! Awesome!" He laughed easily, joyfully. That gesture was to mark a period of adjustment for us both and alter our lives irreparably.'
As the holidays settle in around Houston, Texas, young Austin has but one wish - for a Christmas Daddy.
When his mother, Felicia Madaris, learns of his wish, she turns to childhood-rival-turned-family-friend, Trask Maxwell, to help fulfill her young son’s wish. But soon, Felicia realizes that it's not just Austin’s Christmas wish that is coming true….
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