Dell hated working on holidays, away from home, all alone, and bored stiff, not a very pleasant way to spend Christmas day, and worse yet, the surroundings really sucked, seeing as he was a deputy sheriff of Hall County, and had jail duty for the day. Someone had to man the phones and watch the prisoners, well that should be "prisoner" as there was only one inmate being held in the county jail, and she was doing six months for writing bad checks. "Not a bad lookin' dame," thought Dell, "with a body like that, you would figure she would get some rich guy to take care of her!" At exactly twelve noon the front door opened and in came Donna Winston, the wife of Sheriff Winston, with two full plates of Christmas dinner, one for Dell and one for the prisoner. "Thanks a bunch Mrs. W," gushed Dell, as he took a deep whiff of the turkey, gravy, and sweet potatoes, "I can see why Bill married you, he knew he'd never go hungry!" Donna just laughed, and in an instant was out the door and on her way back home. Dell unwrapped one of the plates and carried it back to the cell block, where Lila Thomas was lying on her bed while reading an old People magazine. "Got some home made dinner for ya, Lila," Dell said, as he unlocked the cell and placed the steaming plate on the small dining table. "Thanks, Dell," she replied in a grateful voice, "at least I can have a good meal on Christmas, even if I am all alone and in jail!" "Yeah," he said, "if ya need anything just give me a holler, I'll be right out front." Dell then went back to his desk where he sat down to eat his dinner. finish this story at www.peekabootheatre.com