J.M. Jeffries - My Only Christmas Wish

She walked to the nearest car and clicked on her remote. A Mercedes beeped and as he approached he saw that it was a brand-new hybrid. He didn’t even know Mercedes produced a hybrid.

Darcy’s cell phone chirped. She answered and listened for a moment. Then closed the phone. “That was Mabel,” she said as she sat down and put her key into the ignition. The car purred to life. “The officer arrived and is with your daughter.”

“Nice car,” Eli said, feeling relieved that Roo was safe, as she backed out of her spot and he saw her name, Ms. Darcy in large letters on the wall of the garage.

“Thanks. It’s a Christmas present to myself.”

“Don’t you think it’s in poor taste to spend this amount of money in this economy?”

One elegant eyebrow rose and for a second he was back in second grade with a teacher who’d used the same “we are not amused” look.

“I bought this from Hanson’s Mercedes-Benz. Mrs. Hanson and her five daughters are some of my best customers. If we are going to get out of these recessions, we need to spend money and since I have money to spend, I did. Eventually I’m going to get it all back when Mrs. Hanson and her daughters show up today for their annual Christmas shopping spree. And finally, we should all be driving a hybrid.”

She paused at the stop sign at the exit, and made a right turn when a break in traffic allowed.

I’m not going to feel guilty about my Escalade. I’m not going to feel guilty about my Escalade… I’m going to feel guilty… Great, now she had him worried about the environment.

She’d programmed his address into her GPS and as they slid through the downtown traffic the voice-activated directions took her directly to his house.

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