Trees

I came home feeling terrible. I rang the doorbell expecting my dad to answer. Instead, a woman with a large smile opened the door.
"Hi! I'm Alison, your new housekeeper! Your father asked me to take you to the mall" she winked.
"Hi... I'm Stacy."
"looks like you need to clean up a bit. Come in, sweetheart. Who spilled hot cocoa on you?"
"A few enemies of mine."
She washed my hair. We went in to her car and when we reached the mall parking, it was packed. we had to park on the street, which was also packed!
The first store we went to was 'Danny's Decor'. The cashier was Penelope's mom. The things there were really cool! I went up to the cashier and asked her if they had Christmas Trees. I never had one since my mom died. We used to decorate the tree together. When she got sick, everything changed. I remembered that christmas eve very well. The last one I had with her. A month later, she was in the hospital. Then she was gone.
"Sorry darlin" she said chewing gum. "We have plastic Christmas palm trees, though!"
I shook my head sadly.
"Allison, let's get the inflatable snowman"
"$80.00 for that thing? No sorry, pick something cheaper."
I was about to cry. this day was terrible!
"Then nevermind, let's go shop at Hope. It has the cool stuff."
"Hope? That really expensive shop? That stuff they sell always rips, you know!"
I sighed.
I checked Hope anyways for something cheap while Alison talked on her cellphone.

We walked to the food court. We ordered some chinese food and drove home empty handed. I went home and my dad was standing with a big smile. He almost pulled me inside. My jaw dropped. In front of me was the perfect christmas tree ever! My dad was holding a box filled with ornaments.
"Alison called me while you were looking inside Hope. She told me you wanted a chirstmas tree. I drove quickly to a store, bought a plastic tree and came home. I looked for this box for about 30 minutes. I must of put it under the bed."
I couldn't speak. I hugged my dad, then Alison.