Armed
“Mr. Poupée loomed over us laughing so hard tears streamed down his face. Detective Van der Burg walked over to where I tried to get up and extended his hand. “I like what you’ve done with your hair.”
I glared at him through my right eye; my left eye obscured by a piece of tinsel that had somehow managed to thread itself through the small hoop of one of my earrings, then over my eye, and where it now rested on my nose adhered with a small drop of sap.
“Mr. Poupée. I’m so sorry. I assure you I’l...l pay for all the damage .” I shrugged free of the detective’s grip and pulled Christmas decorations from my body.
“No. I’ll pay for everything,” Millie said groggily as she came to.
Mr. Poupée continued to laugh. “No need to, ladies. We can get another Christmas tree. I’m just glad you’re okay. You are okay?”
Millie just nodded drowsily.
The security service, alarmed by a strange car in the lot, had called Mr. Poupée, who in turn called Detective Van der Burg. Millie was definitely not lookout material.MoreLess
I glared at him through my right eye; my left eye obscured by a piece of tinsel that had somehow managed to thread itself through the small hoop of one of my earrings, then over my eye, and where it now rested on my nose adhered with a small drop of sap.
“Mr. Poupée. I’m so sorry. I assure you I’l...l pay for all the damage .” I shrugged free of the detective’s grip and pulled Christmas decorations from my body.
“No. I’ll pay for everything,” Millie said groggily as she came to.
Mr. Poupée continued to laugh. “No need to, ladies. We can get another Christmas tree. I’m just glad you’re okay. You are okay?”
Millie just nodded drowsily.
The security service, alarmed by a strange car in the lot, had called Mr. Poupée, who in turn called Detective Van der Burg. Millie was definitely not lookout material.MoreLess
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