Just Like Scrooge by Clare London

Author:Clare London [London, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
ISBN: 9781926640334
Amazon: 1926640330
Publisher: Eternal Press
Published: 2009-03-31T11:00:00+00:00

Just Like Scrooge

by Clare London

I hung up, wondering why the feeling in the pit of my stomach bore the familiar clench of despair.

* * * *

I slept badly again that night. I'd taken the week off work, so maybe it was the lack of routine that disturbed me. Anyway, it wasn't the past that bothered me in a dream this time, but a very obvious present. I was in my own living room with the TV on, muted but flickering its bright images over the dull walls. I hadn't turned on the other lights, though it must have been near midnight. There was a damp, stale odor in the room as if it hadn't been aired for some time. A patina of greasy smells lingered over it all, the aroma of fried food and cheap takeouts.

I shifted awkwardly and realized I lay huddled up on the couch. Hell, if I fell asleep there, I'd get a cramp, I always did because it was too short for me. Wasn't I bothered enough to move? I felt cold, and my clothes stuck to me as if I hadn't changed for a day or so. And what about my preparations for Christmas Day? I scanned the room, but there wasn't a single decoration in sight, apart from a couple of cards on the mantelpiece and a smudge of crushed mistletoe berries on the edge of the carpet. No tree, no streamers nor any evidence of invitations elsewhere for the holiday. My dirty clothes lay heaped in a pile on the floor, and a half-filled mug of cold tea rested on the table next to the TV, contributing another grubby ring to the wooden surface.

A shiver ran through my tired body.

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