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2024-10-29 19:42:56Famke woke Christmas morning to the sound of giggling. She could hear Cliff and Nyx whispering encouragingly to Precious and she wondered what the heck was going on. Instead of sitting up and interrupting their plot though, she laid there quietly, waiting for whatever mayhem they were ready to unleash on her and Royal.
The night before, Royal, Famke, Bram, Nyx and Precious had packed up to go to Cliff and Imani’s house for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and it had been a fun-filled, happy affair. The adults had all agreed to take a break from the sadness and drama and intended to honor Prince’s love of his favorite holiday by refusing to be sad. They had toasted him once and vowed to speak only of the good memories they had of him.
It had been a wonderful evening. Cliff had taken one look at Nyx on Christmas Eve, declared her part of the Robinson family and then roped her into as many silly antics as he could. Between trapping people under the mistletoe an
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