The Ultimatum by Nancy Moser

Author:Nancy Moser [Moser, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
ISBN: 978-0-307-56404-7
Goodreads: 7377273
Publisher: Multnomah
Published: 2009-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

People who want to get rich

fall into temptation and a trap

and into many foolish and harmful desires

that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

1 TIMOTHY 6:9

ONE MONTH LATER

“CHESTNUTS ROASTING on an open fire…”

Bailey tossed the wad of Christmas lights on the couch. Bah. Humbug. He strode to the stereo and ejected Nat King Cole. Who was he trying to kid? Putting up a Christmas tree was meaningless without Jered around.

He looked toward the box containing their collection of Santas. It was always Jered's job to arrange them on the mantel.

He noticed a Santas foot sticking out the top. He retrieved the toppled jolly man. The stuffed Santa had a lopsided beard from the time Jered, at age five, had decided to give it a trim with fingernail scissors.

Bailey moved toward the kitchen, toward a pair of scissors so he could make it right. Fix Jered's mistake. Why hadn't he done it before?

But in the doorway he stopped. He looked at the Santa with the deformed beard. He ran a finger along its ragged edge.

He backtracked and set him on the mantel, front and center. Then he hauled the rest of the boxes back to the basement.

This one Santa was enough this year.

This one particular Santa said it all.

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