Holiday History (4 page)

“So, you missed a spot in the master bedroom. I think you should come up and fix it. It’s toward the floor, so you might have to get on your knees.”

“If you insist. After all, the customer is always right.”

“Merry Christmas, Kevin.”

“You too, Gary.”

*  *  *

Tim
pretended to be angry, but I knew he wasn’t. I knew he was lying when he said he was thrilled to be rid of me. He pretended to be miffed when I gave him my two weeks’ notice. But I had no choice—my school schedule left me no time. It turned out Gary was right; I was smarter than I thought. With a partial scholarship and a loan from Tim, I was able to start classes in the fall. I still painted occasionally. Gary liked to change things a lot. I’d painted our bathroom at least five times since I moved in. But wouldn’t you know it? Every time I did, I seemed to miss a spot. How careless of me!

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About the Author

Heidi Champa
is a typical last-born child. Snarky, attention-seeking, and rebellious, she started to create dirty stories to keep herself out of real trouble. Having tried her hand at a million terrible jobs, she bought herself a laptop and finally started typing up those handwritten tales. After much deliberation, she started to let other people read her work. The rest, as they say, is history.

In addition to her flair with the written word, she knows every sentence of the movie
Clue
by heart and bakes a mean Funny Cake. When she is not writing, she can be found reading, hiking, or filling her iPod with more music. Her life has taken her all over the world, but a piece of her heart will always be in Australia. She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband. Her greatest wish is that her sarcasm would translate better in the written form.

Visit Heidi’s web site at http://heidichampa.blogspot.com.

Copyright

Holiday History ©Heidi Champa, 2009

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Released in the United States of America

December 2009

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eBook ISBN: 978-1-61581-319-3