The Sickened Luna's Last Chance novel Chapter 478

Chapter 478

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Chapter 478

“And what’s your name, little boy?” Alexander asked in a lower, richer voice than usual.

“Jimmy!”

“It’s nice to meet you, Jimmy. What do you want to find under the tree this year? Have you been a good boy?” Behind Jimmy, his mother nodded and smiled, pulling out her phone to take a picture.

Jimmy tapped his chin, thinking. “Hmm… Well, I think I’d like a new racecar toy. One of the ones tha: you can drive around with a remote control.”

“A remote control car!” Alexander laughed heartily again, making me smile. “I’ll have to that one especially.”

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Jimmy grinned and hopped down from Alexander’s lap, coming over to me and kissing me on both cheeks before scurrying off to his mother.

For the next hour, our routine was the same: children would sit on Alexander’s lap, some giddy and some crying hysterically. Parents would snap pictures and children would tell Alexander what they wanted this year and whether they were good or naughty, and then they would kiss my cheeks and leave.

All the while, I couldn’t help but smile at Alexander’s display with the kids. He was really good with them; and for a little bit, I could just focus on the fun of the activity, the laughter, and the way the kids smiled when they left.

Finally, toward the end of the line, a little girl in a polka dot dress approached. She looked uncertain, but at a prod from her father, she toddled up to Alexander and let him lift her into his lap.

“And what’s your name, little girl?” he asked.

She looked down. “Susie…”

“Susie! Were you a good girl this year?”

Susie looked at her father, who, from behind his phone, gave her an encouraging smile. She nodded. “I think so.”

“I think so, too. I see everything, you know,” Alexander said, pinching her cheek with a white–gloved hand, which cracked a small smile out of the nervous little girl. “And what do you want to find under the tree this year?”

The little girl took a deep breath and began to prattle off her list, counting on her small fingers. “I’d like a pony, and a new doll, and a dress–up set, and a princess crown, and a fairy wand…”

Alexander’s brows lifted more and more with each item on the list. When it was finally over, she was out of breath but finally smiling broadly and clutching his shoulders.

“Well, that’s quite a lot of requests,” Alexander chortled. “I’ll see what the elves can do. Run along now, Susie, and don’t forget to say goodbye to Mrs. Claus!”

Susie nodded and hopped down from Alexander’s lap. I leaned forward, letting her come close to kiss my rosy cheeks. But as she leaned in, she hesitated. Her eyes widened when she saw it–a strand of my natural hair that had come loose from under my wig.

Before I could stop her, she had grabbed my wig and yanked it off my head. She knocked my fake glasses off in the process, revealing my face, and shouted, “Hey! You’re not really Mrs. Claus!”

I quickly reached for the wig, but it was too late. Susie’s father had already recorded my face; and now, with my hair revealed and my glasses off, even with the makeup I was wearing, my identity was clear.

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