Octachel Christmas - Robert Dare

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"-yeah, I don't think we can finish that sale we wanted..." I spoke over the speaker of my office, looking through the window and seeing how the snow was covering the city. I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose. This contract was taking me longer to close than ever and I wasn't even finishing the first negotiations "Yeah, I guess we can destroy those documents and start thinking in new buyers after New Year..."

"Mr. Dare?" My secretary walked inside my office and I avoided to groan at her interruption "You have an urgent call on the other line..." After saying that, she left.

"Sorry, Dave. I'll call you back in a while..." I hung up on my partner, before answering the other line "Hello?"

"Hello, Father" I sighed and shook my head.

"Rachel, what do you want? I'm very busy right now..." I announced to her. She should know this by now, it's been years since she left for college.

"I just called you to reminded you that tomorrow, Saturday, more specifically December 24th, you will come to my Christmas' dinner as you promised me last week" she told me. I looked up, finally realizing what day of the week was today. And what day of the week was tomorrow.

"Damned it..." I whispered to myself "Rachel, I-"

"Don't you dare, and forgive the pun of our last name, dare to tell me you're not coming. You promised to me and my children last week that you will come along with Mother and I won't hesitate to go looking for you and drag you from your expensive suit-"

"Rachel!" A male voice hissed at her from her side. I can hear how Rachel sighed and cleared her throat.

"I hope my point was clear"

"Loud and crystal" I hung up, for a second time. Unfortuantely, I was trapped between the wall and my own daughter, which would not hesitate to humiliate me if necessary "Nicole!" I called my secretary, who was inside my office in less than ten seconds "I need you to go buy presents for a family of four, two women and two male" She took note of everything I was telling her "Oh, and if you passed any more calls from my daughter, I will suspend you" I threaten her and watched her pale and leave.

Tomorrow is gonna be a long night...

~oOo~

My wife and I arrived finally to the house that our daughter was supposedly celebrating Christmas this year. We were dressed in our best clothes and were holding the presents that I knew I'd, um, persuade the kids with. I'm quite an expert in that, if I say so myself.

"Look at this place..." my wife muttered next to me "It's so..."

"Ostentatious?" I added for her and she nodded.not wanting to be there a minute longer than necessary, I rang the doorbell and, immediately, we heard footsteps coming our way. The door opened, but we see no one there, until a little throat is cleared and we see down, a girl of no more than six years old, with curly brown hair and wearing a green dress with white socks and shiny black shoes. She looked like a doll.

"Who are you?" she asked us, tilting her head to the side. It was obvious that either we got the wrong house or she didn't know who we were. Luckily for us, our daughter was coming right after her.

"Thank you, Rose, for opening the door" she thanked the little girl, who giggled when she kissed her cheek "Now, go check if no one breaks anything... Remember, you're in charge this year..."

"Yes, Aunt Rachel!" The girl dashed away, screaming all her lungs out "You better behave! Aunt Rachel says I'm in charge this year!"

"Mother, Father..." Rachel finally greeted us, her funny expression changing for a more serious one. She invited us in and took our coats. Inside the house, it was obvious that there were more people than we expected, for the noise and amount of presents under the tree "Call your driver"

"I'm sorry...?!" My wife made me turn around with her whine. Our daughter was staring at us, like if we were insane.

"Tell him to come in... We don't want him to feel miserable on Christmas' Eve, now would you..?" she raised an eyebrow at us and we, grudgingly, called him to us. Rachel greeted him even warmer than us too "Now, if you please follow me..." She guided us through the house, passing several children running around and teens on their phones that she collected like sheep and herded them towards the same direction than us.

"Rachel, people are getting impatient- Oh" a man came our way and shut up immediately the second he saw us. He was taller than our daughter and skinny. His hair was blonde and slightly straw-like, though that could had been the way he combed it. He was wearing a dark blue suit with no tie and a white shirt underneath "I'm guessing we can start now..."

"You guessed right, darling" she used the last word as a mockery, I know. How many times I have used that tone? The guy, however, smirked and wrapped an arm around her and whispered something on her ear, making her blush and nod.

"Mom! Everyone is hungry and Uncle Percy threaten with dye everything blue if we don't start soon!" a boy, not older than fifteen or something came to us, looking frustrated. Rachel simply chuckled and passed a hand through his hair, making him jump away "Not the hair!"

"Call Aria and say hello to your grandparents, young man" the man told him. The teen, a carbon copy of my daughter with hints of the guy next to her, gaped at us, like if he didn't believe we were there. I pulled my hand out for him to shake.

"You are...?" I literally saw the disappointment in his face for a second, before shaking my hand.

"Kyler. I'm, um... Kyler..." he introduced himself, looking uncomfortable "I'll go get Aria..." he announced, before disappearing from my sight. Only then, Rachel turned to me, the most dangerous expression I've ever seen on her. I'd say he learnt it from the guy next to her, who was also giving me the same look.

"If you dare, excuse my pun, for one second, ruin my children's Christmas... I don't care if you're my wife's parents, you won't like what happens next..." the blonde man threaten us, shocking us by that statement. She got married without our consent?!

"Save your speech, because I'd do it over again without telling you..." Rachel cut me, glaring at us "Now, you better act like the most lovely grandparents you can be tonight or I swear I can embarrass you in front of what I consider my family, deal?" I shared a look with my wife. We were trapped yet again.

"Deal"

Like I said, this is gonna be a long night...

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