My troops all looked to me for our next move.
“We win!” I yelled. That bitch wasn’t getting up from that fall.
Everyone started cheering. A few people started dancing to the Christmas tunes.
“Told you it would be fine,” I said to Ash. But Ash wasn’t there. “Ash?” I asked, looking around.
Ghostie pointed to a giant blob near the coat check.
Ash tried to wave back, but the 30 or so snow suits and coats that she’d put on really restricted her movement.
“Did she think that would be bulletproof?” I asked.
Ghostie shrugged. “I’ll go help her out of those.”
That was probably a good idea. She’d toppled over and was rolling across the lobby towards the big puddle of… What was it a puddle of? Water could be slippery. But the way Chad had wiped out made it seem like the substance was completely frictionless. It was almost like a big puddle of lube.
Wait a second!
The cut cables.
The lube in the lobby.
Those were both straight out of ourHome Aloneplan. Had Isabella tripped on a dildo?
I got out my binoculars and zoomed in on Isabella’s guard who was checking out the spot where she tripped. He bent down and pulled something out of the snow. Something big. And black.And very phallic. He called over to his friends and waved the big floppy dildo around.
“Isabella break ankle on big black dildo,” said Slavanka with a huge grin. She finally relaxed and took the rocket launcher off her shoulder.
“Yeah she did!” I gave Slavanka a high five and turned to Teddybear. “Thank you,” I said.
“Don’t thank me. Thank whoever dropped that dildo on the mountain.”
I laughed. “Don’t pretend like that wasn’t you. I know you found myHome Aloneplans. And thank you so much for everything you did last night. It was definitely a Christmas Eve I’ll never forget.” I winked at him.
“Huh?” He looked genuinely confused.
“The cut cables to make us late. The lube. The dildo. The Santa suit. I know it was you.”
“It really wasn’t. All I did last night was set up some straw dummies by the tower. But I slipped on the way back down the mountain. Luckily some late-night snowboarder found me and called for a med-evac.”
Oh my God, Teddybear!I threw my arms around him. He kissed the top of my head and I smiled.
“I was in the hospital the rest of the night getting checked out for a concussion.” He held up his arm to show off his hospitalwristband. The time of admission on it was listed as 12:17 am on December 25th.
I pulled back from our hug and stared up at him in disbelief. “How is that possible?” I asked. “At 12:17 last night, you were dressed like Santa and fucking Ash on your throne.”
Teddybear shook his head. “I was definitely not doing that.”
What?It had to have been him.
“Wait, did you just say Santa fuckedAsh? As in… Ash the virgin?”
“Not virgin anymore,” said Slavanka. “She fuck Santa.”
Teddybear looked shocked. “Wow.”
“It wasn’t really Santa. It was just someone dressed…”Wait.Who else could it have possibly been if it wasn’t Teddybear? Was it really Santa? “So you and Ghostie never saw our sexy delivery plans? Or ourHome Aloneplans?”