The Night Before Christmas by Victoria Alexander Dara Joy Sandra Hill & Nelle McFather

Author:Victoria Alexander, Dara Joy, Sandra Hill & Nelle McFather
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Dorchester
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Early that afternoon, the house had settled down to a peaceful hum, and Jessica retreated to the kitchen where she was singing "Silent Night" under her breath while puttering around with preparations for Christmas dinner. Julio, God bless him, had purchased an already prepared roasted turkey dinner for ten from a supermarket. It had cost him… her … a hundred bucks.

Jessica planned to take every dollar out of his hide, but not today.

A wonderful peacefulness enveloped Jessica. A feeling of family. Darlene was sitting under the tree playing some of her new CD's on a disc player "Santa" had brought. Henry was teaching Willie how to play a computer game. Kajeeta was watching A Christmas Carol on TV with Luke. Aunt Clara was upstairs taking a nap.

If only things could stay this way.

"Aunt Jessie," Willie said, padding into the kitchen barefooted, wearing his new white karate outfit. "Can I ask you something… um… personal?"

Uh-oh. Jessica looked at the red-haired imp and groaned inwardly. There was a suspicious twinkle in his eyes.

"Do girls like guys who do karate? I mean, does it turn them on?"

"Wh-what?" she stammered, backing away from him and looking around blindly for a quick exit or somewhere to hide.

"I know that girls like football players. And wrestlers. But what about karate guys?"

Oh, God! "Willie, why don't you go ask Julio, or Uncle Luke?" She made a couple of crablike sidesteps, hoping she could make it to the hallway leading to the front door before having to answer.

"Julio's the one that told me to start doing karate. Either that or get a tattoo."

"A… a tattoo?"

Willie shuffled around, inadvertently blocking her route to the hall. "And I asked Uncle Luke about this girls and karate and sex stuff, but he told me to come ask you."

"Oh, he did, did he?"

"Yep. How's a guy supposed to know what turns a girl's crank? I mean, really, Aunt Jessie, guys like just about anything, but girls are different. Aren't they? Huh? Aren't they?" He was pressing closer, gazing up at her with wide-eyed innocence. Still, there was that suspicious twinkle in his eyes, too.

How could she answer such questions? "Uh, I'm busy right now, Willie. Come back later. I'll tell you then," she promised. And, gutless wimp that she was,

she dashed into the pantry.

To her shock, she heard the door close behind her and the lock click from the other side, followed by the sound of Willie's snickering. That shock was followed immediately by another as she discovered the rat who'd planted the cheese—Willie—in her path, diverting her toward this very spot.

Luke stood leaning against the window on the far wall of the narrow pantry. If this was intended to be a joke, he wasn't laughing.

"So tell me, Jessie, what does turn a girl's crank?"

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