Chapter 25 – Christmas Presents

"Pat and Tim start their Christmas"

Tim walked into his back door, and it finally hit him. It was almost Tuesday morning, and he and Pat would be spending five days at O’Toole on Wednesday. The excitement removed any possibility of sleep. He grabbed a beer...

Chapter 23 – Cynthia’s Early Christmas

"Cynthia get everything she wants for Christmas"

Tim sat in the quiet of the living room trying to think. He was beginning to think that Cynthia knew their relationship would be coming to an end. She eluded it. But how? Oh, yes, female intuition, the sixth sense....

Chapter 22 – Holiday Loneliness

"Tim gives Cynthia what she wants for Christmas"

With all of the ruckus about Delany and Lillian’s disappearance, Tim forgot it was almost Christmas. He rummaged through the boxes in his store room and found his battery-operated twelve-inch Christmas tree. His only decoration.He set it up on his...