"Greenlee was at home on the phone arguing with a company she wanted to hire. She was not happy when she was told everyone was gone because of the holidays. She hung up and rummaged through her desk for a pencil and found a note Leo had left her. She stopped and just held the note until a knock on the door interrupted her. David came in and Greenlee just hugged him. He could tell she was upset as she handed him the note she had found. Greenlee explained that Leo was always leaving her notes all over the apartment in silly places, like the freezer. "Leo's gone but I keep running into him everywhere" she told David. David said he went into a toy store today and looked at train sets, remember that Leo had told him he'd taken the Orient Express once. Greenlee asked why David had stopped by. She went to get him coffee and he looked at photos of Leo on the desk. They sat down and she told him about starting her own business. "It's given me focus" she told David. David was happy for her. Then he told her that he had woken up this morning and watched Anna sleep. He said he was the "luckiest bastard alive" but still had a hole in his heart. Greenlee asked if he told Anna and he said he didn't want to "infect" Anna with his problems. David said he misses Leo so much and Greenlee said it was like feeling homesick all the time. David apologized for burdening her with this but that she was the only other person who could understand what he's feeling. Greenlee said he has got to stop blaming himself for Leo's death. She said he can't help but miss Leo and that he should not fight it. He asked if she hated him because he let her and Leo down. She said no and that he needed to move on, Leo would want him to. Greenlee said David had given her some good advice, that she should celebrate the life she has, not mourn the one she lost and that he should do the same. She told him to get rid of the guilt, "You saved the one life you could, mine." She said he was there for her when she needed someone but David tried to dismiss his help but she wouldn't let him. She asked why he became a cardiologist and he said he realized in med school that he was good at the heart thing. She said it was because he's keeping score of every life he saves to make up for not being able to save his father. David told Greenlee she gave Leo peace and she told him that they had decided to let go of everything that weighed them down and that he and Anna should do the same. David stood up and said this talk had been just what he needed. He asked what she was doing for the holidays and she said she was skipping Christmas this year. David asked her what she and Leo did last year and she told him about Leo giving her a special glass ornament and promised to give her one every year. David said she should put it up and she explained that Trey had accidentally made her drop it. She said Christmas wasn't really her season and David said it wasn't his either. Greenlee remembered that David's father had died during the holidays. David said he had to go and kissed her goodbye. She got out all her Christmas decoration boxes and hunted through them until she found a small brown envelope. She poured out the contents into her hand. It was the shattered pieces of the ornament Leo had given her. Greenlee sat down and remembered Leo as tears fell.
Kendall went into the Valley Inn Bar looking for Aidan. The other bartender said he took some time off and probably went back to England for Christmas. She was surprised and ordered a strange health drink as Anna came in just in time to hear her describe the contents. Anna started panting and moaning and Kendall asked if she was alright. Anna said she was until she heard Kendall describe the drink she wanted. Then she explained that she had morning sickness "the gift that keeps on giving." Kendall was amused and kept yacking about different foods and how she'd gotten food poisoning once. Anna told her if she didn't shut up she was going to shoot her as she stuffed saltine crackers in her mouth. Kendall got a glass of water from the bar and brought it to Anna and sat down with her. Anna asked if she'd seen Aidan lately and Kendall told her what the bartender had said. Anna was a bit taken back by the news. She went to the restroom and Kendall sat alone, reminiscing about her time with Aidan. Kendall was a little down when Anna returned. Anna said it was weird that Aidan would leave without telling her, especially since she had asked him to spend Christmas with her and David. Kendall said she has that "I smell a rat" look and Anna said she was worried. Kendall asked how well she really knows Aidan and Anna said she knows her own family. Kendall said Aidan was a "flat-leaver" and then explained that this is someone who comes into your life and then leaves without a good bye. She told Anna not to worry about Aidan, he could take care of himself. Kendall told Anna about the picnic Aidan took her on, complete with all British foods. She said he was a loner, restless and rootless. Anna asked if Aidan was Kendall's type, which she denied. She said they had been seeing each other but it didn't work out. "I never had a chance while he's so totally into another man's wife." Anna asked if she was talking about Maria and Kendall said yes. Anna thought they were just friends and Kendall said that Aidan worships Maureen. Kendall told her she needed to get to know her nephew better and stood to leave. She told Anna she knew this holiday was going to be difficult for David because of his brother's death. She said next year would be better and walked out. Anna said to herself "Let's hope so." Anna went back to the cabin and was humming as she looked through the mail. She sat a Christmas card on the fireplace mantle and then noticed the bullet hole in the wall.
Edmund walked in the door at Wildwind and found that Sam and Maddie had been helping to decorate a gingerbread house. He told them that Maria was coming over and they should go put on their costumes and perform their pageant for her. They screamed with excitement and ran upstairs. Meanwhile Maria sat in her car with a man's hand over her face. Finally Aidan told her it was him and to be quiet. He told her they have to go to Canada for her safety but she refused. He told her to take him to the bus station and then passed out in the back seat of the car. Maria panicked and tried to wake him up with no success. She got out of the car and said "I can't do this anymore!" and walked into her room. Later she arrived at Wildwind with a suitcase. Edmund asked what was in it and she told him it had gifts plus her pj's and slippers. Edmund was thrilled and went to get the kids. She walked into the living room and looked uneasy. Edmund returned and said he couldn't be happier that she was there with them. She asked if they could go shopping later because she had no idea what to get him for Christmas. Edmund told her he already had his gift and kissed her passionately. She whispered "Wen the time is right" and he answered "You tell me when and where and I'll be there." Elsewhere, Aidan lay on some straw and moaned Maureen's name. The kids came down dressed in their costumes and performed their parts from the cancelled pageant. Afterwards, Edmund told them to go get the decoration boxes and asked Maria to help put up some more decorations. She said yes but first she wanted to go take a walk around the grounds, hoping something would jog her memory. He told her to make sure she goes to the stables as he had just gotten 2 new horses. She put on her coat and left. She went straight to the stable, where she had put Aidan. Maria grabbed some horse blankets and went up to the loft where Aidan was waking up. She covered him up and told him he was someplace safe. In the house Edmund looked at the family's Christmas stockings with hope."
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