About Police Navidad, Inches of Trust 6

by AR Moler
17 pages / 3600 words
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Detective Tristan Blake spends Christmas day at work. This is a conscious choice on his part, because it provides him with a magnificently convenient excuse to avoid his unsupportive family. It’s an equally planned choice to spend Christmas night with his lover Brian Townsend. Dinner with friends of Brian’s is followed by a heartfelt gift exchange at Tristan’s brownstone, but when the morning brings a visit from Tristan’s furious mother, can Brian weather the storm?

Sample

I thought Yorkshire pudding was that stuff you pour brandy over and set on fire," said Tristan. Brian Townsend just shook his head. The cell phone in his hand was quiet for a moment. "Brian? Are you still there?"

"Yeah, I'm still here. You're thinking of a Christmas pudding. Yorkshire pudding is this kind of puffy doughy bread. My mother cooks hers in a cast iron frying pan. We usually have it with gravy on top. Christmas pudding is just plain nasty. My parents like it. I think the stuff ranks up there with fruitcake, as having better uses as a doorstop."

"So your friends, Diane and Kevin, are having a pretty traditional American Christmas dinner?"

"Unfortunately. What time do you think you'll manage to skate out of work?" Brian asked. Homicide Detective Tristan Blake was working tomorrow, aka Christmas day. He was currently o"n desk duty after having been pushed down a flight of subway steps by a suspect he was chasing. He had badly sprained his wrist and done some ligament damage according to the orthopedic surgeon. It would be several weeks before it was anywhere near healed.

"Sometime after six, if I'm lucky."

"You have the address for Diane's house?" Brian asked.

"Yes."

"Good, see you there. And Tris'... police Navidad," Brian said, drawing out the enunciation.

This evoked a serious groan from Tristan. "I'll bet you've been waiting forever to use that one."

Brian laughed and responded, "Yep."