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Thanksgiving My Uncle: A Short Story

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A while ago my future uncle, Randy, attended Thanksgiving with his friend, also my uncle, David. At the time my uncle was a young twenty year old who was rather blunt and lacked a great deal of compassion. He had no family and whenever he asked a question and said ‘I’m asking for a friend’ everyone would be like ‘Liar! You have no friends” save my Uncle David who was his friend and was bring him to Thanksgiving. While walking through the doors they were greeted by my grandparents and my aunt, Geraldine. My aunt was a beefy women. Her body was sullied by weight and mass and she breathed like she had just crossed the line of a marathon. And she was in love with Randy. She made flirtatious gestures to him throughout the evening, none that he

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