The Ornament: Adrian and Sheri

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“Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, why don’t I know the stinking words. Ya dada da, ya dada da, nobody knows the stinking words.” Sheri bit her lip to keep from laughing as Emma belted out the wrong words to Christmas song. “Oh please. Do you know them?”

“No. That’s why I don’t sing it.” Sheri could hear Becky rummaging through the ornament box, her voice absent as she answered Emma’s question.

“When do we close again?” Emma’s enthusiasm was beginning to get to her.

This would be Sheri’s first real Christmas in years, and she was planning on enjoying every minute of it with her new mate, Adrian.

“Emma!” Becky’s voice was full of laughter. “Christmas Eve is still two days away.”

“Your point?”

“Didn’t you say Max was hinting at something special for then?”

“Yes.”

“So why are you so hyper now?”

“Hello! Max and surprises. Last time he surprised me I found myself mated to him and contemplating kitty condos.” Sheri choked on a laugh. Listening to Emma and Becky talk was one of the highlights of her day. “And because of the mating the surprise isn’t going to be something like, ‘That chick over there is having my love child’, so it can’t be bad, right?”

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