Sabotaged Christmas pageant. Check. Number one on the hit list of cheating ex-fiancé’s mother. Check. Imminent firing from principal, who happens to be the cheating ex-fiancé’s mother. Double Check. For elementary school teacher Regan Price, Christmas is a big humbug. Alone, all she has to look forward to this holiday is a drink and an empty apartment. Then Cian St. John comes home. The hot-sex-walking brother of her best friend has returned to Boston with a tantalizing proposition that awakens her every fantasy. Now it appears Regan may have more than a pink slip in her Christmas stocking. All she has to do is reach out and claim it… Author’s Note: This is a rerelease of a previously published short—very short—story from 2011. This work is about 7k (about 19 pages of story), and is a small treat for the Christmas season. I hope you enjoy!