A Fairytale of London
Sarah rested her hand on her ever expanded baby bump as Lucy carefully placed ornaments on the 6ft Christmas tree. Dappy slept a few feet away, the Staffordshire bull terrier clearly not interested in the baubles and lights his humans were putting on the tree.
"What do you think?" Lucy stood back admiring her handiwork. Sarah smiled.
"Perfect."
"The baby will be here next Christmas."
"I know."
"Do you think Dad will like it? I mean between school and your uni we've not had much time." Lucy frowned.
"Nearly the holidays though. Look, Dappy likes it." Sarah smiled at the dog who was now laying on his back with all four paws in the air snoring.
"He's asleep." Lucy raised one eyebrow.
"Yeah, but he hasn't tried to eat it. That's a good sign." Sarah shrugged. "Right. Tinsel?" Lucy sighed dramatically before pretending to collapse on the sofa.
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"Someone is taking the mic." Natalie shoved her hands in her pockets as she stared at the corpse leaning against a tree. The forensic team worked around her as Matt sighed sadly.
"Two weeks before Christmas and someone murders Santa and his elf." Matt pulled a face. "This is just so wrong on so many levels."
"So murder any other time isn't?" Ronnie reached them. He tugged his collar closer to him in again attempt to keep the cold out. "Matty, son you do know that ain't the real Santa? Don't you?"
"Ron!"
Natalie smirked. "We need to find out who they really are."
"No men of his description or the other bloke reported missing. Angie as put their description in the database." Ronnie shrugged. "Gonna have to rely on SOCO. Joy reckons she can get the post mortums done asap. Mortuary bit quiet this time of year."
"It is the season to be jolly." Matt shrugged as Natalie rolled her eyes.
"Not for those poor buggers it isn't." Natalie stated before turning to walk away. Ronnie and Matt glanced at each other. It was going to be a long night.
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