12 Days of Christmas
Chapter 5: Officer Nick then arrived at a small apartment where a young boy peered up at him with a shy smile. The boy had been bundled in a worn-out sweater, his eyes sparkling with joy. Officer Nick handed him a carefully wrapped box. “A toy train! Just like I wanted!” the boy exclaimed, his face lighting up EVEN MORE. Officer Nick’s heart swelled as he watched the boy hug the box to his chest, feeling a warmth that had nothing to do with the holiday lights twinkling around them or the giant Christmas tree at Five Points. Each door he knocked on, each smile he saw, filled him with a growing sense of joy. Something within him was starting to change.
To be continued….