Xmas Surprise and Giveaway: Penny Watson and Klaus Brothers

SWEET ADVENTURE

Holiday Epilogue

TEXT FROM SVEN KLAUS TO ANDI DE LUCA KLAUS:

Hey! How was your girls’ night out? I heard you and Lucy and Kiana closed down Dag’s Bar. Good time?

TEXT FROM ANDI DE LUCA KLAUS TO SVEN KLAUS:

Had a blast. I love my new sisters-in-law.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Dag said you guys got a little bit wild.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

We did Christmas Shooters. Lucy crushed us.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Dag also said you were asking a lot of weird questions about Hendrik. What’s up with that?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Nothing. Just curious about “elfin culture.”

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Really? Coz Dag said you were pestering him about illegal gambling, production of handmade liquor in the North Pole, and exchange of stolen goods.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Really? We were just chatting. I can’t remember the topics of conversation. I was stewed.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Uh huh.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

What?

REPLY FROM SVEN:

You wouldn’t be trying to pursue an investigative piece in Glasdorf. Would you?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Bah. Gah. Wha?

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Andi…

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Gotta run. I’m curling today with your Dad.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

K. Have fun. And Andi…leave Hendrik alone. He’s harmless.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Aye aye cap-i-taine!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

GROWL!

***Four Hours Later***

TEXT FROM SVEN KLAUS TO ANDI DE LUCA KLAUS:

Hey you. How was curling?

TEXT FROM ANDI DE LUCA KLAUS TO SVEN KLAUS:

Awesome! Your dad is super competitive. We made a great team.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Glad to hear it. Anything else happen this afternoon?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Nope. Nothing.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Nothing.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Yep. Nothing.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Really? You can’t think of anything else that happened?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Not a thing. *yawn*

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Interesting. Coz I got an email from Hendrik.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Fudge-sicle.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Uh huh.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

In my defense, things were looking REALLY SHADY at Dag’s!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Hendrik said you accused him of illegal gambling, liquor production, and exchange of stolen goods.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Well, first of all I saw him and Gottlieb playing cards, and then he handed him a huge sack of…something…at the back of the bar. He looked suspicious!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

They were playing cards. And it was a bag of magik pebbles. That’s the currency for elves. And it’s totally legal.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Fine. Whatever. Legal-schmegal.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

What about the liquor thing?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

I saw him take a huge jug out of his backpack and give it to Kurt. Kurt sniffed it, then took a swig and smiled. And then he handed him something wrapped in burlap. They were WHISPERING! RED FLAG! RED FLAG!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

That was a jug of homemade eggnog Hendrik made for Kurt’s wife. Egg. Nog.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was an honest mistake.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

And the exchange of stolen goods?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Hendrik had vials of something in his pocket, and he looked around the room furtively before making an exchange with Rolf. Rolf opened a small box, and I saw something sparkly. Like stolen gems!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Hendrik was exchanging honey from his bee skep for a ring. Rolf is a jeweler. And elves barter for everything.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

So I gather.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Are you going to tell me what happened when you confronted Hendrik?

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Ugh! It was so embarrassing. I burst into his cottage and started taking pictures and peppering him with questions about his suspicious activity, and…um…

REPLY FROM SVEN:

And…

REPLY FROM ANDI:

And he was proposing to his girlfriend! He’d exchanged the eggnog for a bottle from Kurt’s champagne collection. And he was offering Gertrud a sack of glittering magik pebbles and a diamond engagement ring. And…I wanted to crawl under the Christmas tree and die. EMBARRASSING!

REPLY FROM SVEN:

So, maybe you overreacted a bit.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Yeah, maybe.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

Hendrik wasn’t mad. He said you made their engagement evening “unforgettable.”

REPLY FROM ANDI:

He and Gertrud sent me home with gingerbread cookies, eggnog, and some magik pebbles. Cripes.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

I think you need a new project.

REPLY FROM ANDI:

I already started one. I’m writing about the history of eggnog for the ELFIN HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER. If you hurry home, you can help me with the taste test.

REPLY FROM SVEN:

On my way. Love you, Pit Bull!

REPLY FROM ANDI:

Love you, Shaggy Lion! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

THE END

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Love, Penny

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And a note from me, today we celebrate Xmas here so I am taking the chance to wish everyone a 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Now on to food, too much candy and pressies

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