Holy shit, Dan thought, it can't be this easy. I waited until you were asleep and then put two dollars under your pillow." "Just like Santa, there is no Tooth Fairy. "But when I put my tooth under the pillow, it was gone. Jennifer's tongue crept out of her mouth and swiped through the hole where her recently lost baby tooth had been. The Easter Bunny isn't real, either."ĭan shook his head, watching his daughter carefully. Dan braced himself for an explosion would it be sobs or screams? Someday, you'll do it for your own kids, and they'll be so excited to come down on Christmas morning to see everything under the tree." And our mommies and daddies used to do this for us when we were kids. I would fill your stocking, and Mommy would wrap presents for you. "They come from me, and when your Mommy was here, she helped too. Shit, Dan thought, I'm totally screwing this up. The idea of Santa is bigger than one person, and his work has gone on for longer than any of us have lived." Gets bad news and he has to share with his entire class. Jeremy Johnson said his mommy told him that Santa's not real, too," Jennifer said tentatively.įucking kid, Dan thought to himself. It twisted his heart a little she looked so much like her mother. Stalling for time, he smoothed the comforter around Jennifer's shoulders and tucked her threadbare stuffed bunny in next to her.Ī horizontal frown line appeared up near her hairline.
"So, is Santa Claus real? 'Cause Kristen said he's not."
Sighing inwardly, he looked up from his clasped hands. He sat on the edge of his seven year old daughter's bed, struggling with the knowledge it was time to come clean.
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