Christmas in Paradise Bay by Claudia Burgoa

Author:Claudia Burgoa [Burgoa, Claudia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

Caspian

In the past, I went home for Christmas on the twenty-fifth and was back to work the next morning. It’s not that I didn’t care about my family, but after my youngest siblings turned eighteen, we stopped making a big deal out of them.

This year, everything is changing. Again.

Our family has three babies, and we all want to make it extra special for them. Also, I have a beautiful wife who loves the holidays—all of them. I’m in no way complaining, but that’s one side of Rys I didn’t know. On Halloween, we had the replica of Pet Sematary in our front yard. Atzi came to help her set an ofrenda for Dia de Los Muertos.

She skipped Thanksgiving, since I had a game in New York, and we spent it with the team and their families. During my weekend off, we decorated for Christmas—Atzi came to help again. The place looks like the North Pole and rumor has it that our apartment in San Francisco looks almost the same.

I’m looking forward to seeing what Rys and Atzi did, but I still complain about it because it’s cute to see Rys pout and roll her eyes.

Though, to be honest, I feel like she’s going a little overboard with the whole holiday spirit shit. My current situation is trying to hold Ralph, our big, adorable mutt, so Rys can dress him.

“Babe, I don’t want to say this, but we’re becoming those people.”

“What people?”

“The ones who dress up their pets against their wishes so they can get a picture with a fake Santa.”

“Sorry, but we couldn’t find the real guy to come to the clinic.”

“You know what I mean.”

“No, I really don’t.”

“I love my puppy kids as if they were my children, but do they really have to visit Santa?”

“People are expecting it.”

I swear Ralph huffs at the same time I do. “You sound like Hadley,” I complain and Ralph barks with me.

This guy gets me and since we’re besties, I reach for the treats I have in my hand and give him one.

“I’m using her exact words,” Rys says, then glares at me. “Stop giving him treats every time he sides with you. That’s not what they’re for.”

“But they are. Didn’t you say I should use them as positive reinforcement?”

“You two take advantage of me because I love you,” she says as she finishes adjusting the scarf.

“Even though I understand why you think this is a good idea—”

“Listen, I think it’s adorable and before you start giving me shit about it, take it to your public relations department.”

“If Hadley thinks this matters, she should be the one doing it. She has a husband, children, and even pets. Why do my puppies need to be involved in some kind of holiday propaganda?”

“Mia and Ralph are not just any dogs. They’re the captain’s puppies,” she reminds me as she fixes Ralph’s reindeer antlers.

Talk about bad ideas. I can’t even remember when we started the puppies’ social media accounts, but they became a phenomenon. The fans stopped focusing on my personal life, my beautiful wife, and our marriage.

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