The Present

Still, Billy was determined to make one more person homeless just so he could give the best Christmas present to his girlfriend. He would have to pull it off soon though, Christmas was just around the corner. Maybe it would be tomorrow night.
He approached the mansion planing to burn it to the ground. Everything seemed fine and it did not even look as if there was anybody home. That would make his job ten times easier. He bent down to start the fire on the side of the house when he saw a dog run by him. He thought he would be caught for sure this time, then a small boy came around the corner. The boy looked puzzled. At that moment eighteen Christmas' flashed by Billy's eyes in about 5 seconds. He could remember all the times that he ran down the stairs to rip open the presents. Then the little boy ran back around the corner. …