Teen Boy Refuses to Spend Holidays with Family until Ambulance Takes His Dad Away on Christmas – Story of the Day

A teen boy snapped at his family for bugging him when he wanted to play games and spend time with his friend. However, his friend told him something that broke his heart, so he went home to apologize, but it might have been too late.

“Chris! Come down for dinner!” Chris heard the grating voice of his mother calling him for Thanksgiving dinner. He rolled his eyes and focused on his game until he listened to his friend, Gary, through the headphones.

“Hey, man. I understand if you have to leave for dinner,” Gary said.

“No way. Let’s keep playing!” Chris refused, pushing the buttons on his controller excitedly.

However, his game was interrupted by his mother, Suzanne, who burst through his door.

“Young man, I’ve been yelling at you for ten minutes already. Come down for dinner right now, or we won’t leave anything for you,” she said, her hands on her waist.

“Whatever, I’ll eat grilled cheese later,” Chris scoffed, not even turning to look at her.

“Are you serious? Chris, it’s Thanksgiving. Turn off that game and listen to me,” Suzanne said, but her son ignored her, so she took the controller off his hand.

“Go down for Thanksgiving right now. This is a time to spend with family, talk, and be close to one another. You know we’re not going to be here forever. Grandma is getting old too, and she would love to see you. Our cousins are here, too, and no one has even seen you. That’s just rude, Chris,” Suzanne said, her tone stern but still reasonable.

“For God’s sake! You think I want to spend a whole dinner with all those people talking about how grateful we all are for our lives and whatever? That’s a nightmare for me!” Chris said, frowning at his mother. He grabbed his headphones and threw them on the floor.

“Chris!” Suzanne yelled, offended.

“I’m going to Gary’s to keep playing without these stupid distractions!” the teen boy said, grabbing his jacket from the bed.

He stomped down the stairs and ignored everyone’s calls and greetings.

“Chris, where in God’s name are you going?” his father, Max, called out. But Chris ignored him, put his shoes on by the door, and walked out, slamming the door.

He reached Gary’s house, and they played video games all day and night. Gary ordered pizza for them because he lived with his aunt, a nurse at the local hospital who couldn’t take the shift off Thanksgiving. Gary didn’t mind because she was not exactly the most nurturing person or a good cook. Additionally, it was just the two of them.

“Hey, are you sure you don’t want to return home? I bet your mom saved you some dinner, and she’s a great cook. I tried her cupcakes at the bake sale, and they were the bomb,” Gary suggested when he hung up the phone with...