“Tell me what’s inside my envelope first.”
“Get out.” I pointed to the door and watched her curves as she left.
2B
JENNA
“Iswear, if I get fired for this, I’m taking you down with me,” my closest coworker, Diana, whispered.
She shone her phone’s light over the list boxes like we were robbing a bank. “I’m not allowed down here.”
“But I am,” I said, adjusting the light. “Hold it over here, so I can find our letters.”
“Ah! I found mine!” She grabbed it and opened it. “Oh my god!”
“Oh my god, what?”
“I’m on his nice list!”
“Is that all it says?”
“No, he’s also giving me a fifteen percent raise and a twenty-thousand-dollar bonus!” She squealed like a schoolgirl. “I gotta go tell my mom!”
“Wait,what? You’re just going to leave me here alone?”
Her footsteps pounding down the hall answered my question.
Sighing, I took out my phone and continued sifting through the envelopes until I found mine.
There better be a bonus in here.
Letting out a breath, I slowly tore it open.
Dear Jenna Dawson,
I made a list and checked it twice,
to determine if you were naughty or nice…
You are…
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE READING THIS EARLY.
(& I know you are)
I’ll give you your envelope with my assessment in person.
Happy holidays, & you should know better by now…
Nicholas Saint
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NICHOLAS
Subject:FWD: The holidays.
Dear Mr. Saint,
