Hi @mondraye, thanks for sharing this heartbreaking story in The Ink Well. You mentioned that it is a novel with four perspectives. Is this the first chapter?
We just want to call your attention to our community rules. Please find them at the top of the community page. We only accept short stories in The Ink Well. Sorry — no novels, novellas, chapter books or serial stories. If you want, you can add more to this story to complete it, as long as it is told as a short story. Thank you!
Thank you for editing your story. Many people, unfortunately, have the experience described in your story. Holidays, especially Christmas, actually depress them because of bad memories, or sometimes because of good memories. They recall a better time and feel a sense of loss.
We appreciate that you comment on the work of other authors and that you think of the Ink Well community when you write creatively.