The Gift Room by Nicholas Faulkner

Author:Nicholas Faulkner [Nicholas Faulkner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781909109353
Publisher: Splendid Books Limited
Published: 2015-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Alexander made his way straight back upstairs after showing the vicar out. Somehow he did not feel as tired as he should have done. Perhaps it had been the short nap before Brian had arrived, perhaps in some strange way the emotion of the day was keeping him topped up with adrenaline. He walked into the spare bedroom and surveyed the stacks of presents again. It occurred to him that despite being in the house now for nearly 12 hours, he had actually only unwrapped three, if he counted the gift voucher. His watch was still on his wrist and the wedding gift still lay where he had left it, unwrapped, on the floor.

He had appreciated that the presents were formed in piles, neatly marked with their proposed recipient’s name and the date, including year, when they were to be given. Alexander then looked more closely at the piles of presents for his children. Clearly, they were wrapped in appropriate paper for the age and sex of the children. A succession of boxes were wrapped in Thomas the Tank engine paper for Will and Harry and various types of ballerina paper for Natalie. Alexander wondered how his parents would have known their names and then remembered he had put the shortest of notes in a Christmas card in the years that they had been born. He had not really understood why he had done that. Perhaps it had been some primal need to let his parents know that their line was continuing. Perhaps he had done it as a way of proving to them that he didn’t need them anymore and he had his own, growing family. Perhaps he had done it as a way of saying “Up yours - you live your sad and lonely lives whilst I have my lovely family around me.” Perhaps it was a little of all of these reasons, but nevertheless he had always informed his parents when his family had grown by the birth of their successive children.

Alexander looked at the pile of presents for his daughter, Natalie. He noticed the large box wrapped in pink tissue paper with a large purple bow tied around it. He read the label.

Natalie. Happy First Birthday from Granny and Grandad, October 1998.

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