Merry Witchmas: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Shorts Book 10)
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“Oh, my,” Winnie said, her hand flying to the spot over her heart. “But that was so expensive.”
Terry shrugged. “Santa doesn’t care about that.”
“But … .”
“Leave him be,” I ordered. “He can’t argue on Santa’s behalf.”
Winnie’s eyes filled with tears as she nodded. “Girls, what do you say to Terry for helping Santa?”
Bay, Clove and Thistle swiveled in unison. “Thank you for being our favorite Santa,” they sang out in unison. “We love you.”
Terry’s cheeks colored as he shifted on the chair. “I … you’re welcome.”
“Now he leads by example,” Thistle said, poking my knee. “What did you get us?”
“I spent the week with you,” I reminded her. “We plowed. We spied. We made yellow and brown snow. We solved a case. We tortured Margaret. We cursed your mothers. We cooked. We watched Christmas movies. I bribed you. You blackmailed me. We ate a bunch of doughnuts, too. What more do you want?”
Thistle shrugged. “Just this.” She took me by surprise when she gave me a hug. I didn’t know what else to do, so I returned it. Thistle was all smiles as she pulled away. “I can lead by example, too.”
“You certainly can.”
“Oh, now my eyes are definitely going to leak,” Clove said.
I couldn’t help but smile. “Merry Christmas, you little monsters. Open your gifts.”
It was a merry Christmas indeed. I didn’t even want to deafen myself with Q-tips when the singing started.
That’s a win to me.
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