All I Want For Christmas Is Utahraptor – Lola Faust (1)

Dictation software’s come a long way. A guy from BYU set it up over at the salt flats for the dino colony.” “Do you have it?” “I don’t, no. But Harry would. He’s done a lot of work with the dinos lately. Do you know they’re really good at fishing? Those killing- claws are useful as heck.” Before Holly could respond, there was a knock at the door, and then it opened. “Hellooooo?” called a familiar voice. “Aunt Lorraine!

Hi!” called Holly. “It’s been too long!” Lorraine and her husband Harry, a tall, broad man with thinning hair, were each carrying bags of prepared food. “Holly Eugenia Grant, my word! I didn’t know it was possible for a girl to get even more beautiful, but now you’ve gone and done it.”

Lorraine hugged Holly tightly and kissed her on each cheek, European-style. “Let’s get you fed a little, my sweet honey girl. Don’t they know how to make a meal out in Chicago?” “You look great,” said Harry. His easy smile revealed a missing tooth on the bottom. “God bless.” “Did you bring all this food for us?! Oh, Lorraine, you shouldn’t have!” “I absolutely should, darling,” said the older woman definitively. “It’s Christmas Eve and there’s no way I’d allow your father to stand up sweating at that stove, and I certainly wasn’t going to ask you to cook after you’ve been on an airplane half the day.

Besides, being in the kitchen makes me feel closest to God. I can feel His life and light moving through me and into the food I make. It’s Godly to provide sustenance for the people I love.” Despite her relative lack of faith, Holly was oddly moved. “Well, I would be happy to help you bring glory to God by helping you warm things up, at least,’ she said.

Christmas (trees and otherwise), jewelry, Jeff Koontz, coffee, capitalism, generational wealth, management consulting, private equity, Utah, Chicago, Australia, Etsy, antiques, cigars, cottages, mountains, lakes, ducks, fishing, dysfunctional families, functional families, previous loss of a parent, financial abuse, breakups, dinosaurs, dinosaur sex, feathers, dinosaur feathers, high school, hockey, Canadians, universities, Tinder, alcoholism, food trucks, car dealerships, creepy older men, vintage buses, casseroles, miniature marshmallows, salads (conventional and Midwestern American), salt flats, helicopters, birthday cakes, French press coffee, in-laws (legal and common-law), marriage, organized religion, disorganized religion, Edmund Spenser, E.T., alligators (imagined), water treatment plants, dictation software, nostalgia CHAPTER ONE: THE GIFT 1kitap1.com/en “Do you like it?”

​The necklace lay in a box on a little bed of black velvet. Holly blinked a few times, trying to take it in. ​“It’s… beautiful.” ​A rose gold chain held a pendant that resembled a heart, if a heart was a balloon animal. Half of it was white gold, half of it yellow. The metal bulged as if it were about to burst. Nestled into the middle was a huge red cabochon, streaked with white and pink like a raw Wagyu steak. ​It was the most hideous thing Holly had ever seen.

​“It’s an original Jeff Koontz. Saw it at Art Basel Miami. Absolutely impossible to get, but I had my father make a few calls. I figured you’d appreciate it, since you like art.” ​Holly stood still. She lifted the pendant from its box, trying to imagine herself wearing it. Trying to imagine anyone wearing it. Maybe a Vegas showgirl? “Sorry I can’t make it to your family’s Christmas this year,” said Thad, Holly’s boyfriend.

He pulled his cashmere overcoat tighter around himself against the winter chill. “It’s OK. I know you have a good reason.” The lights on the Christmas tree twinkled harder, blurring for a moment as Holly blinked away the tears that suddenly stung her eyes. She was quick, she thought. Thad wouldn’t see. But her pale cheeks betrayed her, reddening. “Oh, come on, Holly,” said Thad. “Crying? Really?” “It’s cold, Thad,” she said, shaking her head.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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