Gingerbread Spiced Daddy by Leona Windwalker

Author:Leona Windwalker [Windwalker, Leona]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

9

Bauble

“I think he’s having trouble coming to terms with the whole elf thing,” I confided to Glitter on the ride back to the motel a few days later.

“Really?” He stroked his beard, taking one hand off of the steering wheel.

“Yeah, he hasn’t been back to the mall since and when I went to his place yesterday, he had a note taped to the door that said, ‘Don’t come in, Bauble’. I could have gone the fireplace route, but after the way he looked at me over having used it the first time, I thought knocking on his door first was the way to go. Good thing, too. If I’d gone down the flue, I’d have missed his note and made him mad again.”

“Maybe it’s like with Scrooge. I mean, your guy doesn’t seem selfish and mean, but maybe he is just a real serious dude who can’t quite get things through his head until he personally experiences the magic.”

“Ghosts of Christmas,” I mused.

“I wouldn’t scare him,” Glitter said, turning into the motel parking lot. “Try a happy memory.”

“It’s a good idea, but how do I do that?”

“Memory globe,” Glitter said, finding a parking space.

“I can’t my aunt and uncle to help me with that!”

“Just come with me,” Glitter said. “I know someone.”

“Really?” I asked at the same time as Sprinkles.

“Yep. Me and the current head clerk of Christmases Past go way back.”

“Cool,” Sprinkles said, looking impressed.

Glitter switched off the ignition. “You stay in your room, Sprinkles. If anyone asks, we’ve gone to get burritos.”

“It’s a secret mission!” Sprinkles enthused.

“Top Star Secret, yup,” Glitter said. “If we’re caught without clearance from The Santa and current Three Ghosts, we’ll all get enough Krampus points that we’ll be sent to Bunnyville and be sentenced to wear plush rabbit costumes and to act as junior high school dance chaperones for humans.”

We all shuddered, even Sprinkles whose mate was a Summer Elf in Bunnyville. That combo Glitter brought up was the worst fate imaginable. There was simply no two ways about it.

We scrambled out of the car, Sprinkles going into our room, and me following Glitter to his. Once there, he pulled out the North Pole globe. He shook it and the snow swirled, and then we were there, outside the door to the main office of Naughty or Nice Affairs.

Glitter grabbed my arm. “Hurry, we can’t tarry here.” He pulled me down the hall at a fast clip, stopping before an ornate door. I swallowed. We were at the hallowed Hall of Christmases.

He reached into his pocket and took out a key, inserting it into the lock.

“You have a key?” I squeaked.

He rolled his eyes. “How else do you think I sneak in to see him when he’s in-globe?”

“He goes into the globes?” I stared in astonishment.

“Where do you think those mint condition vintage toys come from?” Glitter scoffed.

“Really?” I breathed. I’d always wondered.

“Yes, but only ones that stopped being played with or were unwanted and ended up stuffed in the back of a closet,” he said, opening the door.

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