I strode through the many people that were now filling the room, many of whom I knew were friends of my parents. People I had little to do with as the years passed. People I did not particularly like. People, that were in so many ways like The Andersons. Why they needed this many people at their holiday celebrations I do not know. But, for as long as I could remember, this was what their holiday parties had been like. My Dad had said on many occasions he believed it was Annabel's way to avoid spending time with her own family. And, considering how I had recently seen how she treated Autumn, my Dad's words made more and more sense...
“Theo?” I heard my Mum’s voice from the chair in which she sat, talking to a woman I did not recognize.
I waved to her but continued walking. I did not hav
