One of the things I didn't like about two of my siblings, namely Orchid and Alan, was that they normally cared about gifts instead of actually seeing me. As soon as Mae, Jerome, and I walked into my family house, the two of them hurried over and asked if I had their presents.

"Seriously?" I asked. "That's the first thing you said to me Christmas morning when we came here."

"Uh, because we like presents," Orchid said.

"I'm glad at least one of you isn't asking about presents," I said.

"That's because Nolan is too sad to care," Alan said.

Jerome walked over to the chair Nolan was sitting on...