The Ghost of Christmas Present
“Jared groaned at the sight of the two people getting out.
"What is it? Do you know these people?" Alane pulled the curtain farther back and peered out the window at the couple getting out of the car.
"Chuck and Dot Hamlin, if memory serves." He watched Chuck haul his girth from the car, looking like a whale in his gray suede overcoat. Dot emerged from the other side in Spandex pants, cowboy boots and a mink stroller. A cigarette dangled from fuchsia lips, her helmet-like titian curls wreathed i...n smoke.
"They stayed here a couple of years ago and I thought I would go mad. They watched twenty-four hours of professional wrestling. And when they weren't cheering on Mad Monster Max, they were bickering about everything from which log to put on the fire to who closed the curtains last." The couple slipped and slid their way onto the porch. When they knocked, Jared cloaked himself so he wouldn't be seen.
Alane opened the door and a gust of cigarette smoke wafted across her face.
"Can I help you?" she asked after a delicate cough that got her point across.MoreLess
"What is it? Do you know these people?" Alane pulled the curtain farther back and peered out the window at the couple getting out of the car.
"Chuck and Dot Hamlin, if memory serves." He watched Chuck haul his girth from the car, looking like a whale in his gray suede overcoat. Dot emerged from the other side in Spandex pants, cowboy boots and a mink stroller. A cigarette dangled from fuchsia lips, her helmet-like titian curls wreathed i...n smoke.
"They stayed here a couple of years ago and I thought I would go mad. They watched twenty-four hours of professional wrestling. And when they weren't cheering on Mad Monster Max, they were bickering about everything from which log to put on the fire to who closed the curtains last." The couple slipped and slid their way onto the porch. When they knocked, Jared cloaked himself so he wouldn't be seen.
Alane opened the door and a gust of cigarette smoke wafted across her face.
"Can I help you?" she asked after a delicate cough that got her point across.MoreLess
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