THE GLASS THIEF by Gigi Pandian

Author:Gigi Pandian
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery series;adventure;women sleuths;Henery Press
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2019-07-31T16:15:37+00:00

My brother Mahilan was spending Christmas with his fiancé and her son in Switzerland. My father was in Goa with old friends he’d been close with before my mother died. Lane hadn’t seen his parents in a long time, so he’d decided that in spite of his fraught relationship with his father, he wanted to see his mom. Tamarind was flying to Mexico City to spend Christmas with extended family, bringing Miles to meet them. Therefore I’d resigned myself to not doing much for Christmas this year. Nadia had invited me to Christmas Eve dinner with her and Jack. Even though we considered each other friends as well as tenant and landlord, it still felt rather depressing.

As we approached from across the Seine, a towering Christmas tree adorned with bright blue lights came into view in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.

“The Marché de Noël à Notre Dame market is across from Notre Dame.” Sébastien pointed. “You can see the lighted cathedral in the background. Nothing can keep down the spirit of the French, not even a tragic fire.”

I squeezed his hand and we walked into the festivities. A band was playing amongst the matching booths with their white steeple-topped coverings that protected against the light snow that began to fall.

We agreed to skip the mulled wine, but I ate my fill of gingerbread.

“This couldn’t be more magical,” I whispered.

“It couldn’t?” Sébastien produced a three-inch wooden Christmas tree out of thin air. I smiled and was about to lift it from his gloved hand, when I saw this was no simple tree. The branches folded inward before opening again. As they opened, green pine needles sprouted from the branches.

A little girl next to us squealed with delight. She asked him a question in French, and Sébastien knelt on the ground and spoke a few words to her. She nodded and grinned, and he handed her the tree. She ran toward her parents and brother, showing them her prize.

“I can make another one for you,” Sébastien said as he stood back up. “But since you’re not a budding young engineer, I thought the tree belonged with her.”

“Agreed. I’ll be happy with a hot chocolate before we head back.”

“If this is my last evening of freedom,” Sébastien said, “I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend it.”

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